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The Democratic National Committee is cashing in on its chairman's claim that Republicans don't "give a shit about people."

The committee's newly elected chief, Tom Perez, alleged last month that President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., don't "give a shit" about Americans, particularly poor people. Rather than apologize for his salty remarks, teh DNC chairman has embraced them. He repeated the charge at a rally on April 17.

"Republican leaders and President Trump don't give a shit about the people they were trying to hurt," he told a crowd in Portland, Maine.

He added later in reference to the GOP budget, "They call it a skinny budget: I call it a shitty budget."

Oh brother.

The DNC followed its chairman's lead, and started selling "give a shit"-branded merchandise this week on its website. The group is selling a shirt for $30 that reads, "Democrats give a sh*t about people."

"Show Republicans that you give a sh*t with this American-made t-shirt," the site's description reads.

The speed with which the DNC has moved to capitalize on Perez's line, and the fact that it is actually seeking to cash in on his coarseness, suggests that this is not so much about being good and angry as it is about sending a carefully tailored message to angry grassroots supporters.

To put it more simply, the "give a shit" line is part of a routine. It's not authentic anger. It's about striking a pose that appeals to people who've been despondent since the Nov. 8 elections.

Perez's remarks have attracted the normal praise and condemnation one would expect for that sort of language.

The GOP, for its part, appeared offended by the foul-mouthed merchandise Wednesday morning, which is sort of amusing considering the president, a Republican, has been known to pepper his language with the occasional obscenity.

The DNC responded Wednesday to the GOP's tsk-tsk'ing with the following message, "Taking away health care from 24 million people is going low. Giving a shit about people is going high."

Can't you just feel the authenticity? Can't you just feel the genuine rage? Me neither.

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Democrats embrace some stupid 'st' - Washington Examiner