An unhinged Republican Convention and the nation’s greatest test
by Joe Klein
Jul 23, 2016
3 minutes
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OPENED WITH A DISTRAUGHT mother, tears in her eyes, saying something palpably outrageous: “I blame Hillary Clinton. I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son—personally.” The woman was Patricia Smith, the mother of the American hero Sean Smith, who was killed during the attack on the temporary U.S. consulate (and CIA station) in Benghazi. Grief can do terrible things to the mind and soul. I can’t imagine why Smith
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