As with Eleanor Holmes Norton, Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans, found himself unable to deal with facts when discussing a grand jury No True Bill, this time in the Eric Garner death. Megyn Kelly of Fix News attempted multiple times to ascertain on what evidence Morial claimed that race was a factor in Garner’s death. He was unable to supply any. But that did not prevent him from knowing that it was so. Watch the video here.

We have a problem here. Neither Norton not Morial is stupid. They are prominent and important leaders.  But they are pursuing a higher truth (in their minds) that is not bound to facts. Is the correct term for this condition “obsession”?

Hat tip: Mediaite