During the Republican primary process, Donald Trump's rise was remarkable. Not just because winning a major party's nomination is always a remarkable feat (and it is), but also because the "how" of it all was incredibly strange. Trump, whose language was hateful (Mexicans are rapists and murderers? Mocking a disabled journalist?) and whose policies were insane (Muslim ban? Wall paid for by Mexico?), was somehow Teflon. None of the other candidates, no matter what tactic they tried, could get any attack to stick to Trump. It was crazy, and it made Trump seem invincible no matter what his unfavorables might say.

Well, this week has proven that wrong—from the wild Trump University documents that revealed what a scam the whole thing was to Hillary's brutally effective point-by-point evisceration of Trump in San Diego to Trump's terrible decision to claim loudly and often that the judge in his Trump University case was unable to be impartial because he is Mexican. (He was, in fact, born in Indiana.) The idea that a judge couldn't be impartial because of his heritage is one of the most dangerous and racist accusations that Trump has yet made. (Which is saying something!) And he didn't stop there. Trump himself also stated that a Muslim judge would possibly be unfair to him as well. And later, one of his spokespeople suggested that women judges could also be deemed unfair to Trump. This is some beyond-the-pale stuff. Trump basically called into question the ability of anyone but a white man to be a judge.

That's not only bonkers offensive, it's also just bonkers. And the way you can tell Trump went too far this time is that his own party turned on him. GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell had this to say:

"Well, what he said was — it was outrageous and inappropriate. And I couldn’t more strongly condemn that. The implication here is that those who came to America legally over the years are somehow second-class citizens. My wife came here at age 8 not speaking a word of English and ended up in the president’s Cabinet. We all got here from somewhere else going back in our lineage. And I think these gratuitous attacks on Americans who got here recently or whose parents got here recently need to stop."

Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was equally critical:

"I regret those comments that he made. Claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. I think that should be absolutely disavowed."

So two of the top members of the GOP said that Trump's comments were "outrageous," "inappropriate," and the "textbook definition of a racist comment," and yet both of those men refused to back down from endorsing Trump. So they were basically saying, "Yeah, he's a racist, but I still think you should vote for him. Be like me. Vote for the racist." Usually, in a "wrong side of history" situation, the people who will end up on the wrong side of history aren't the ones pointing out how wrong their side is.

But, credit where credit is due: Republican senator Mark Kirk unendorsed Trump with a pretty impressive statement.

It's about time the rest of the Republicans start considering doing the same. Otherwise they'll end up in more and more situations where they have to publicly condemn the man they're saying should be president, which is a bad look.