http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/06/24/donald-trump-speech-mexico-derogatory-comments-column/29113581/Republicans' shameful silence on Trump: Column
Raul Reyes 2:58 p.m. EDT June 24, 2015
The Donald's attack on Mexicans was bad. The GOP's refusal to reprimand him was worse.
Leave it to The Donald to drag the presidential race to a new low. Announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination last week, Donald Trump stated that, "The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everyone else's problems." He took aim at Mexican immigrants, saying, "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
His comments drew fire from everyone from CNN commentator Sally Kohn to Arturo Vargas, the Executive Director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Mexico's Minister of Government Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong called his remarks "absurd."
But not everyone, it seems, took offense to Trump's speech. His fellow candidates and the Republican National Committee have not called him out for his bigotry. The collective Republican response to Trump is mostly silence. That is troubling.
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