Did John Really Say What I Think He Said?
with John McWhorter
My friend John McWhorter is a calm, rational, reasonable guy. So I was truly shocked when he implied some weeks ago that he wished someone would assassinate Donald Trump. I thought maybe John just got carried away in the moment. But in this clip from our most recent conversation, you’ll see him apologize for making the statement without quite taking it back. When even a moderate centrist like John, who is usually so mindful of his language, feels license to talk like this about Trump, we must be in a very dark place as a nation.
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John is lucky Trump is a republican. If he had made a similar remark about President Biden he would be arrested.
"When even a moderate centrist like John, who is usually so mindful of his language, feels license to talk like this about Trump, we must be in a very dark place as a nation." -Glenn Loury.
I agree and only hope Glenn will understand and finally admit that "the very dark place" is Democrats - John and people like him.