Mike Pence and the Meaning of “Deplorable”

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, this is the definition of the word “deplorable”: “very bad in a way that causes shock, fear, or disgust : deserving to be deplored.” If there is any public figure in America who fits that definition, it is surely David Duke. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist individuals and groups, describes Duke as “the most recognizable figure of the American radical right, a neo-Nazi, longtime Klan leader and now international spokesman for Holocaust denial.”

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