I’m going to have to disagree RE: the Mao ornament.

It isn’t the President or the First Lady’s fault that the ornament is on the tree but that isn’t the point. It is incredibly uncouth for the White House tree to have an ornament with a portrait of a mass murdering totalitarian dictator. If it were another totalitarian mass murdering dictator, one who liked Christmas, would you all be just as forgiving?

The asshat who thought it would be funny, and who has done things like this in the past, should be the one who draws the heat. Maybe he can explain why he thought it was a good idea but I doubt it.

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