He’s got more important things on his mind
You might think Republicans would want to distance themselves from Trump’s racist outbursts, but no, they’re cool with all that.
The president of the United States had just lobbed another racially charged insult — this time calling his former top African American adviser a “dog” — but Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) had no interest in talking about it.
“I’ve got more important things on my mind, so I really don’t have a comment on that,” said the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, chuckling at the question.
Oh, more important things – so the president spewing racist insults on Twitter isn’t important. Well it’s not important to this one white guy at least.
Has President Trump ever said anything on race that made Cornyn uncomfortable? “I think the most important thing is to pay attention to what the president does, which I think has been good for the country,” the senator demurred.
What he says is included in what he does.
What about his constituents back home — are they concerned? “I know you have to ask these questions but I’m not going to talk about that,” Cornyn said, politely ending the brief interview in the basement of the U.S. Capitol. “I just think that’s an endless little wild goose chase and I’m not going there.”
Ah yes, silly reporters, thinking racist abuse matters.
Sure, he says nasty, racist things, but look at what he does!
Just don’t look too closely.
He’s in a spot where he has a couple of choices: Tell the truth about Trump’s nasty racism, and alienate the racist voters in his district, or try to defend indefensible behavior. So he tries to walk around the problem by not addressing it, pretending it isn’t worthy of being considered. He doesn’t say it is racist, but he also doesn’t say it isn’t…he thinks he has plausible deniability.
In short, he’s a coward. I thought the Trump crowd was supposed to like bravery. Oh, wait, they like swagger that they can mistake for bravery…not the same thing.