I understand the general injunction not to speak ill of the dead and the mandate to pay pro-forma respects to public servants who have passed on. But Jesse Helms was a truly malign force in American life. So it's hard not to have a lot of respect for this.
Chris Hayes
I understand the general injunction not to speak ill of the dead and the mandate to pay pro-forma respects to public servants who have passed on. But Jesse Helms was a truly malign force in American life. So it’s hard not to have a lot of respect for this.
Chris HayesTwitterChris Hayes is the Editor-at-Large of The Nation and host of “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC.