One of John F. Kennedy's favorite quotes was something he thought came from Dante: "The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality."
As it turns out, the quote is apocryphal. But what Dante did write was far better, and it came vividly to mind last week as Republicans failed to take a stand after President Trump's racist tweets and chants of "Send her back," directed at Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who immigrated here from Somalia, at a Trump rally in North Carolina.
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