Instead of just disassociating himself with white nationalism and changing the subject, the Alabama senator kept digging a deeper hole.
To the extent that there is any thought process discernible behind the senator’s defensive bluster, it seems to be that he believes “white nationalism” is just a Democrat insult for … people like him, as the WashingtonWhen asked if white nationalists should serve in the military, he responded by asking for the definition of white nationalism.
“You think a white nationalist is a Nazi? I don’t look at it like that,” the senator said. “I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican. That’s what we’re called all the time. A MAGA person.” Now I’m not denying there may be some overlap between “white nationalists” — defined as American nationalists who think the white race and its attributes and accomplishments are essential to the country’s character — and “Trump Republicans.
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