Commentary
Politicians are bashing each other over China. Any links to the totalitarian state, past or present, are hauled before voters for all to see. Candidates who have ever had links must put on their hair shirts and explain themselves, usually failing in the process.
Like winnowing at harvest, the bashing is a good thing in that it removes the chaff from the grain. Many of the China links indicate failures in judgment or ethics that should disqualify candidates from office. Exposing them now during the primaries, and removing those found wanting, helps their political parties—and helps America.
The mutual thrashing of Republicans is covered in detail by Josh Dawsey in The Washington Post. He spoke with Tony Fabrizio, a pollster who works for Donald Trump.
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