The pertinent quote from Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) attacking Democrats for being weak on crime, at Donald J. Trump’s Minden, Nevada rally Saturday night: Democrats “want crime because they want to take over what you’ve got. They want reparations because they think that the people who do the crime are owed that.”

No subtlety there by the former Auburn University head football coach. The NAACP defines reparations, according to Newsweek, as “a financial recompense for African-Americans whose ancestors were slaves and lived through the Jim Crow era.”

Certainly leaders in the party of Lincoln were quick to condemn Tuberville’s remarks, right? 

“I’m not saying he’s being racist. But I wouldn’t use that language, be more polite,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) told NBC News’ Meet the Press (per The Hill). “But the fact is we can’t ignore we have a 40 to 50% violent crime increase.”

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