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Sean Spicer’s Dance Moves Prove There’s No Accountability for Trump Acolytes
Can we go back to shunning the people who implement the president’s racist policies?
For a while there it seemed like the people who were caught doing awful things might not be allowed back into civil society: Kristjen Nielsen — the woman who implemented Donald Trump’s family separation policy — was shouted down while eating at a Mexican restaurant; former press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant by the owner; and Mitch McConnell was heckled as he walked through a parking lot.
Ah, the good old days.
Two former Trump acolytes landed high-profile gigs this week: One-time press secretary Sean Spicer shimmied for the first (and last) time on Dancing With The Stars and The Atlantic announced Nielsen as a headliner for their popular Ideas Festival.
Turns out you can rip babies from their mothers’ arms and put them in cages and still be invited to speak on stage as a public intellectual. You can lie to the American people over and again and get a nice little TV gig.
The shame is no longer just theirs, it’s ours too. Because every time we allow people like Nielson or Spicer back onto our screens or into public…
