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Michael Steele Isn’t Having It

“Kiss my ass. I haven’t changed, baby. You have.”
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N the Republican National Convention invited Black speakers to the stage to testify that President Donald Trump is not a bigot. “It hurt my soul to hear the terrible names that people call Donald,” said the former NFL player Herschel Walker, who once worked for a team owned by Trump. “The worst one is ‘racist.’ I take it as a personal insult that people would think I’ve had a 37-year friendship with a racist.” These speakers framed their support for Trump as the product of independent thinking. “As you can see, I’m a man of color,” said Georgia State

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