
Moonbattery » Prominent Republicans Endorse Antifa
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney argued violent leftists were morally righteous. "No, not the same. One side is racist, bigoted, Nazi. The other opposes racism and bigotry. Morally different universes," Romney tweeted Tuesday night.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio took a similar tone in assigning "100% [of the] blame" for the Charlottesville violence [to] white supremacists — which amounts to a total exculpation of
"When entire movement built on anger & hatred towards people different than
Arizona Sen. John McCain — who fought and was tortured by communists in Vietnam — claimed that violent leftists are great Americans fighting against hate. "There's no moral equivalency between racists & Americans standing up to defy hate& bigotry. The President of the United States should say so," McCain tweeted.
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie claimed during a Monday radio interview that "those who incite violence are committing an even more serious offense" than those who actually commit violence. He added that these alleged propagators of hate need to be "arrested and prosecuted and put behind bars."