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Article snippet: Alexander Pope coined the expression “damning with faint praise.” A new expression, “praising with faint damnation,” can be used to describe the Republicans’ tepid responses to .” Sure, Republicans criticized Trump’s Charlottesville remarks and his pardon of Arpaio. But they studiously avoided confronting a much more serious problem: the consequences of our president’s character. Republican criticisms have been laboriously faint. “Trump speaks for himself.” These comments implied that Trump is capable of doing better. But, as The Economist opined, “he does not have the character to change.” No Republican acknowledged that the seminal problem is our president’s contempt for our government institutions and the core value that motivated America’s Declaration of Independence, “that all men are created equal...” In other words, the real problem is his character. ADVERTISEMENT The hypocrisy was glaring when Sarah Huckabee claimed that continuing DACA would destroy the rule of law and “throw away everything that gives these people a reason to want to come to our country….” One must ask, did the pardoning of Arpaio “give … people a reason to want to come to our country?” George Washington amplified our nation’s dedication to equality in a letter to the Touro Synagogue. He promised that those who fled religious tyranny would find religious tolerance in America, “For happily the Government of the United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistan... Link to the full article to read more