Guilt By Association

The New York Times commits drive by journalism against three Republican presidential contenders:

The leader of a white supremacist group that has been linked to Dylann Roof, the suspect in the murder of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church last week, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican campaigns, including those of 2016 presidential contenders such as Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul, records show.

There is no evidence that the Cruz, Santorum or Paul campaigns solicited donations from Earl Holt, the white supremacist leader who has been linked to Roof. The Cruz campaign immediately returned the funds once they were notified of their origin. It is likely that the Santorum and Paul campaigns will do the same shortly. It doesn't require a journalism degree to grasp that national presidential organizations do not have the time or resources to vet individual donations, even ones that run into the thousands of dollars.

The sophomoric attempt to link the Republican Party to white supremacism is almost par for the course, what makes this article truly appalling is the tangential linking of Cruz, Santorum and Paul to the tragedy in Charleston. You need to follow the Times logic very closely for it to make even the slightest sense. 

In his manifesto Dylan Roof cited Earl Holt's bigoted writings for helping to radicalize him. Holt in turn gave thousands of dollars to a variety of Republican candidates over the years. So because an evil and deranged young man read something by someone he likely never met, who in turn had made financial contributions to Republicans, there is enough justification for making this tenuous relationship a front page story in the newspaper of record. 

It's often been remarked that the Times spends much of energy these days running interference for the Clinton campaign. I doubt even the Clintons would stoop quite this low. 

Comments

[Alexander]

They try this constantly. I remember a supposed link McCain had somewhere to someone with wrong think.

They are rats. They will not hesitate to go into the sewer.