Margaret Carlson, Columnist

How Low Will Republican Leaders Let Trump Go?

The nominee's attacks on the grieving parents of a war hero should be disqualifying.

August 1, 2016 at 5:48 PM EDT

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August 1, 2016 at 9:38 PM EDT

Margaret Carlson was a White House correspondent for Time, a weekly panelist on CNN’s “Capital Gang” and an editor at the New Republic.

A hero's honors.
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Silence is not enough.

Republicans who refused to attend the convention last month got a lot of praise for not falling in line behind a dangerous demagogue. But after Donald Trump's attacks on the Muslim-American parents of a fallen soldier, merely passing on attending this coronation is insufficient. As are the statements criticizing the nominee flowing out of Washington. How can you condemn Trump for his inhuman reaction to the parents of an American hero but still endorse him to be president?

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