You Flipped Me to the Bird

Right-wingers don't like being called racists, and they like calling other people racist. They really want to be able to do the whataboutism in the other direction on the issue of race. There is a weird intersectionality in right-wing politics when it comes to black candidates where they want to basically dare the other side to hold Republican black candidates to standards that they claim they're hypocritical but not holding Democratic black candidates. The moral quandary for largely for the reasons that David gets into, for pro-lifers, is enormous. It's different than being hypocritical on like, I don't know, taxes. But making at least rhetorically upholding this distinction is hugely important