It will always be about race: The GOP has finally collapsed beneath its own bigotry

Barack Obama, Donald Trump (Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas/Kamil Krzaczynski/Photo montage by Salon)
President Barack Obama spared almost no one in his last performance at this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner. He laughed along with the crowd as he skewered a host of celebrities and politicians.
But long after that lighthearted evening is forgotten, I believe the president and other progressives will continue to share bemused laughter at the expense of the Republican Party.
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