6 Despicable Right-Wing Moments This Week: McCain and Palin Race Trump to the Bottom

It has been hard—one would have thought impossible—to eclipse the sadness and outrage in the aftermath of the Orlando slaughter. And yet, a posse of craven, opportunistic Republican politicians, Fox Newsians and washed-up, Trump-supporting celebrities have managed to quickly hit new depths of depravity and cruelty. And they have done it with glee, without even waiting for the dead to be identified, let alone buried.

Of course, we should have known Trump would shock us all over again, even though we have tried to learn never to be shocked by his vileness and his enthusiasm for slinging the slimiest of mud. He did. Then he was joined by the so-called pillar of reason and respectability, the grownup in the Republican room, Sen. John McCain. McCain happily echoed Trump’s insinuation outright, that President Obama—rather than firearms—is to blame....
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