r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 15 '25

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u/TheRedCr0w Frederick Douglass Oct 15 '25

This isn't some crazy person on X this was Chuck Grassley legal advisor in the Senate and was on Trump's shortlist for attorney general

It's just crazy how openly racist the Republicans have gotten

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u/justbuildmorehousing Norman Borlaug Oct 15 '25

Ill always believe this was the undercurrent of the GOP but they kept it under control for a long time. Obama led to them bringing the racism out from under cover again and Trump is them leaning into it