He certainly should not be blocked on the -- on the basis of his religion. And it has become increasingly clear that the Republican Party has gotten into some very, very nasty identity politics.
Linda Chavez discusses the blocking of Syed's nomination based on his religion and criticizes the Republican Party's identity politics.
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Democracy is about a majority rule, but it is also about protecting minorities in politics not just minorities racial and ethnic but political minorities.
Ronald Reagan gave a speech at the Statue of Liberty in which he talked about making America great again, and what he was talking about was immigrants making America great again.
It was fundamentally wicked, Chris. And there is an accounting. People are leaving the Republican Party in droves, by the thousands, people including myself.
I don’t see it changing anytime soon. There’s been no consequences to any of these people’s action and I think it’s really could spell the death of the Republican Party.