.ZeeshanAleem: The MAGA right will never forgo an opportunity to use racist innuendo to rile up its base.
on Thursday, Republicans came out in droves to describe the charge as unwarranted and politically motivated by a corrupt prosecutor. But a number of them did it by blowing racist dog whistles that call attention to the fact that the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, is Black. The consistency of that response is yet another reminder of how the MAGA right will never forgo an opportunity to use racist innuendo to rile up its base and amplify its supporters’ persecution complex.
The story he wants to tell is that white civilization is under attack and that a Black man is helping lead the movement. It’s unclear what video Vance is referring to or whether he’s even talking about somebody who was arrested — and presumably many of Vance’s hundreds of thousands of followers won’t know, either — but the intended message is clear:
This Black prosecutor is letting people of color get away with attacking white people — and trying to take down our most important avatar, Donald Trump. Vance is only the latest Republican to try to frame New York’s criminal justice system as easy on criminals and eager to take down someone it perceives as a political opponent. Never mind that New York
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