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    Inside the Mind of a Hypocrite

    Why hypocrisy bothers us so much, and how politicians can rationalize it anyway
    by Olga Khazan Jun 21, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: Alex Brandon / AP

    In the wake of the shooting of Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise, Kellyanne Conway said on Fox News that “You can’t attack people personally in a way and think that tragedies like this won’t happen.”

    Oh, can’t you? Because if memory serves, her boss is notorious for attacking a few people personally. Three hundred and thirty-two of them, to be exact. Okay, that includes places and things, but Donald Trump has also insulted politicians, celebrities, and journalists, such as Fox’s own Brit Hume, whom Trump deemed “a dope.”

    That’s the kind of “” that Ivanka Trump said she just wasn’t expecting from, among other things.

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