McConnell: Ignore Trump’s Racism Because ‘The Party Of Lincoln Wants To Win The White House’

Appearing on Meet the Press Sunday morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) thrice refused to label Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s statement that a federal judge cannot decide a case impartially because the judge is Mexican American a “racist statement.”

Then, when confronted with a conservative columnist’s harsh words for GOP’s leaders rallying around Donald Trump — “the Party of Lincoln intends to circle the wagons around a racist. Damn them for that.” — McConnell responded by clarifying where his own priorities lie. “I think the party of Lincoln wants to win the White House,” McConnell said....
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/06/05/3784881/mcconnell-ignore-trumps-racism-party-lincoln-wants-win-white-house/