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As disgusting as the host's behavior is, her reasoning is correct: the political atmosphere has approved bigotry, racism, homophobia, and misogyny at the highest levels. Given that, how do we hold the public accountable for those offenses for which we forgive the state?

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State laws and regulations still apply, no matter who's president. Also, the federal government has faced resistance from citizens and states and lost legal battles. The current political climate is extraordinary, but to say that standards are not being held is a stretch.

I'm not aware of any cases of the State denying rental housing based on race, so I don't really see any double standard.

There's certainly some individuals in the gov't that hold and voice racist views, but while that's pretty gross, and a good reason to vote against them, it isn't really relevant here. If the woman had just said "I hate Asians", she wouldn't have been subject to any legal troubles (though she'd hopefully received a good dollup of social opprobrium). So again, I don't really see any double standard.

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