“The GOP-e is so slow figuring this things out.”
They have known as long as us. So why now is pretty good question. Why not late September?
Why now and not as a September/October surprise?
1) Harping on this now paints the whole Demo-rat party as racists. And is quite amusing as the party leadership twists into pretzels to avoid the issue.
2) Provides confusion regarding Demo-rat party leadership and direction.... focusing their energy inside the party and away from seeking and supporting candidates. Also this is a dare to the Demo-rat candidates — do you support your leadership and its ties to racists?
3) Provide some “virtue signaling ammunition” to Trumpist foot soldiers. Stand up to the SJWs and ask - do you support racists just like Ellison, Pelosi, Schumer etc?