De León: Democrat Racism the Media Will Help Go Away

In our hyper sensitive, micro-aggressive world, the slightest inference that someone may be racist is magnified into the latest national crisis. Whether it be the president not immediately denouncing a few dozen Nazis meeting in a small town in Virginia or a bunch of college girls reciting rap lyrics in New Hampshire.

But if it's a Democrat politician who goes off on a racist rant, who just happens to be a minority himself, you'll only hear enough so the media can say it was covered.

This is called bias-by-omission.

This happens. This happens a LOT!

Try to imagine the press coverage if a Republican president sold M-16s to Mexican drug lords.

Try to imagine the press coverage if a Republican president used the nation's spy operations to spy on a Democrat candidate and his/her people.

Try to imagine the press coverage if a high-ranking Republican operative was caught trying to influence the sitting Attorney General about a political major case.

Try to imagine the press coverage if a Republican candidate was caught moving emails to a private server in order to avoid scrutiny.

Try to imagine the press coverage if a Republican candidate was caught with (stolen) Secret and Top Secret emails on their private non-secure server.

Try to imagine the press coverage if a Republican president had sexual relations with a young intern in the Oval Office. The power differential between the two would have many in the press argue that the relationship was tantamount to rape.

Try to imagine the press coverage if a Republican president committed perjury, subornation of perjury, and obstruction of justice while in office.

Try to imagine the press coverage if a former Republican president's National Security Advisor was caught stealing classified documents from the National Archives.

Try to imagine the press coverage if...

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