Opinion

Can a Black Republican reboot the Trump GOP?

In his new book, then-CIA officer Will Hurd describes participating in a 2008 CIA briefing in Kabul, Afghanistan, for members of the House Select Committee on Intelligence. He overheard several of them pressing for time to go rug shopping. A congressman then asked Hurd why the Taliban wouldn’t coordinate with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. He replied that one was Sunni and one was Shiite. What’s the difference? another lawmaker asked.

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