steve benen: Photo by SANA/Handout/AFP/Getty In debate, Trump defends Assad, rebukes Pence 10/10/16 08:48 AM—Updated 10/10/16 08:50 AM By Steve Benen One of the underappreciated fears surrounding Donald Trump presidential candidacy is his repeated praise for dictators and foreign authoritarian regimes, according to MSNBC. At various points during the campaign, the Republican nominee has praised Saddam Hussein, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, and even China handling of the Tiananmen Square massacre. A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency on July 14, 2016 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking during an interview with NBC News in the capital Damascus. In a normal year in a normal party, such rhetoric would automatically disqualify someone seeking the U.S. presidency. So perhaps it shouldn't have been too big a surprise last night when Trump threw his own running mate under the bus – a development never before seen in a presidential debate – while tacitly defending Syria brutal dictator. In 2016, Republicans don't seem to care.
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