Republicans have their speech police, too

WASHINGTON: Quit accusing Democrats of runaway political correctness. Republicans are just as keen on censoring speech -- but it’s a different kind of speech they choose to censor.

Supposedly the main appeal of an unfiltered candidate such as Donald Trump, who shoots first and asks no questions later, is that he feels free to speak the unvarnished, unfettered truth. “I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness,” he announced in the first presidential primary debate in Cleveland, when asked to address his many disparaging comments about women.