DAVID BROOKS: It’s an actual crucial moment for the Republican Party. This was a slur, a completely inaccurate slur. It’s culture war politics of the worst sort.
If the Republican Party can’t stand up at this moment against this guy and make the obvious accurate case, then there will be in long-term trouble with Hispanics. They will be in short-term trouble because they will have self-polarized themselves.
JUDY WOODRUFF: You do think the other candidates will say something about this?
DAVID BROOKS: Not Ted Cruz so far. But I’m waiting for the others.
It’s really essential that the Bushes and the Rubios say something.
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