It seems to me our journalists are getting a mite soft in the head lately. They are forgetting how to ask tough questions.
It’s not enough to join in the debate over whether Trump used a naughty word.
It’s not enough to ask Trump: “Are you a racist?”
We already know he can muddy the water faster than a 200 pound catfish settling on a river bottom. We already know he can deny, twist, and distort any such question. He delights in doing so! There are other questions to ask:
Mr. President, do you believe Black people are equal to white people?
Did you go to segregated schools?
Did your father discriminate against Black people in apartment rentals?
Did you have any Black friends growing up? (Do you have any today?)
Do you think all Americans are entitled to justice and equality, regardless of skin color?
And these questions are just for starters! We need tough, probing questions that can dig into the real Trump. Our journalists are becoming powder-puffs afraid to ask the daring question:
“Mr. President, if your daughter had wanted to marry a Black man, what would you have said?”
Now he may hesitate and search for the “politically correct” answer but that hesitation would speaks volumes! and be worth more than his answer.
Asking “Mr. Trump, did you or did you not say ‘shit-hole’?” is not enough!
Asking “Mr. Trump, are you a racist?” is not nearly enough!!
Our journalists need to ask much tougher probing questions to get beneath the surface of his thinking. Anybody can teach him to say “I am not a racist.”
Does anyone think he would answer differently? He won’t admit that he is, even if he is.
His true feelings will not become visible until he is asked some mighty tough questions.
Where are our sharpest journalists when we need them the most?!
