One of the problems with being elected to high office is that is seems to strip away any self-awareness or sense of irony. It has a tendency to turn people who appear to be otherwise decent, normal Americans into arrogant, out-of-touch gasbags. Illustrating the point, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, speaking in March to the liberal racial-activist group the "National Council of La Raza" (while promising to push for a "comprehensive immigration reform", i.e. amnesty, bill), said:

...we're not going run people down, we're not going to scapegoat people, we're going to tell the bigots to shut up...

Can you spot the contradiction? If so, that probably means you aren't an elitist senator or a member of some left-wing activist group. We just hope the disease hasn't progressed too far, and perhaps Mr. Graham will find the decency to apologize and retract these foolish and offensive comments.