The wingnuts are crying us a river:
Conservative Republicans are worried that political correctness is creeping into their party.
They point to the decision by a House committee to replace 50 state flags — including Mississippi’s, which is emblazoned with the Confederate battle flag — with 50 state coins from the U.S. mint.
Separately, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) sidestepped the controversy this week raging over a North Carolina law barring transgender people from using bathrooms that do not match their born sex, saying he didn’t know enough about what he said was a state proposal.
And while conservative Republicans grumble that President Obama’s decision to pull Andrew Jackson off the front of the $20 bill is playing politics with currency, they feel there’s scant motivation in their ranks to stop him.
“Political correctness has crept into the Capitol,” said David Bozell, president of ForAmerica, a conservative advocacy group.
Brian Darling, a conservative Republican strategist, accused House GOP leaders of caving in to the PC police.
“The House making the decision to take down all the flags so the Mississippi flag is not in the Capitol is a sign of political correctness,” he said. “Until the people of Mississippi decide they want to change it, Congress should fly the state flag.”
It’s interesting to say that it’s “playing politics” to honor Harriet Tubman at the expense of Andrew Jackson. If Obama is doing this just for the votes, who’s voting against it?
