(CNN) Over the past three years, the American public has developed a tolerance to President Donald Trump: Things that might have once shocked now merit merely a raised eyebrow. Or an eyeroll. Or nothing at all.

This is not a good thing. It speaks to the inevitable normalizing of Trump, the acceptance of words (and actions) that would be disqualifying for past presidents. And yet, even with that increased tolerance, there are times when Trump still retains the ability to shock and appall.

Take what Trump said about the late Democratic Rep. John Dingell (and his wife and current Rep. Debbie Dingell) on Wednesday in Michigan (it's long but you need to read all of it):

"Then you have this Dingell. Dingell. You know Dingell from Michigan, you know Dingell, you ever hear of her, Michigan? Debbie Dingell, that's a real beauty. So she calls me up like eight months ago. Her husband was there a long time — but I didn't give him the B treatment. I didn't give him the C or the D. I could have. Nobody would have -- I gave the A+ treatment. 'Take down the flags!' 'Why you taking them down?' 'For ex-congressman Dingell.' 'Oh OK.' 'Do this, do that, do that, rotunda.' Everything. I gave him everything. That's OK! Don't want anything for it. I don't need anything for anything. She calls me up. It's the nicest thing that's ever happened. 'Thank you so much. John should be so thrilled. He's looking down. He'd be so thrilled. Thank you so much, sir.' I said, 'That's OK, don't worry about it.' Maybe he's looking up. I don't know. I don't know. maybe. Maybe. But let's assume he's looking down. But I have him A+, not A, not B+, not B. I have him the A+, and she called me, so nice, oh. I won't go into the conversation because it's not fair to do that. But all you want to say is, let's put it this way: it was the most profuse thank-you that you could ever get. On a scale of 0 to 10, it was a 10. OK. So that was what, February or something. Now they talk about this phony impeachment. And she's out there. 'Well, we have to look seriously at our president because he may have violated the Constitution of the United States. And I can't be happy with that because I love our country. I love this and I love that.' She loves everything. I said, 'She's a no, OK.' No but I look at her and she's so sincere and what happens? 'I vote to impeach Trump.' And you know what — I didn't say — who the hell knew this was even going to come up."

And, here's what that moment looked and sounded like , which, is even worse than reading the words on a page:

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