GEORGE W. BUSH TAKES ON TRUMPISM IN AMERICA

Former President George W. Bush, who stayed away from the limelight, and from criticizing his successor, just went after Donald Trump and what he's doing to America's civic virtues. Via the Washington Post, here's a sampling of what President Bush had to say today (Oct. 19) at a George W. Bush Institute held in New York:

• “Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.”
• “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism.”
• “We’ve seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty. . . . Argument turns too easily into animosity.”
• “It means that bigotry and white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed, and it means the very identity of our nation depends on passing along civic ideals.”
• “Bullying and prejudice in our public life … provides permission for cruelty and bigotry.”
• “The only way to pass along civic values is to live up to them.”

As someone who was a regular critic of President George W. Bush while he was in office, you can count me as impressed with our former president. The Washington Post has a 3 minute clip of former President Bush's speech here.

You can read the entire WP article by clicking here.

- Mark