We begin today's roundup with Dana Milbank’s take on the GOP race over at The Washington Post:
Trump and his fellow Republican presidential candidates have connected political correctness to virtually every issue: Vladimir Putin. Immigration. The San Bernardino shooting. Planned Parenthood. David Cameron. The Islamic State. Gun ownership. Social networks. Demagoguery. Muslims. Women in the military. Israel. American exceptionalism. Climate change. Education. The mental-health system. The media. The national debt. Drug addiction. Prisoners of war. Women. Torture. Trans fats. [...] CNN’s Jake Tapper exposed the intellectual laziness in the label when Cruz said “political correctness” prevented U.S. officials from seeing radical Facebook postings by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Tapper pointed out that the posting in question was under a pseudonym and was in a private message that the government can’t access. “How is that political correctness and not just privacy issues?” he asked.
Cruz changed the subject.