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Source: 30dB.com – Trump-and-Charlottesville
This post is the opinion of the the author and does not necessarily represent The Good Men Project.
President Trump hasn’t exactly been a calming voice in the aftermath of a vicious white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Va., that led to the death of a counter protestor and injuries to dozens of others. A 32-year-old activist, Heather Heyer, was killed after an alleged white supremacist hit a crowd of people with his car. The driver, 20-year-old James Fields Jr., whose mother said she thought he was going to a Trump rally, could be charged with domestic terrorism, according to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On Saturday, during a brief press conference, Trump said, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence – on many sides, on many sides.” His false equivalency of racists attending the “Unite the Right” rally and those who protested their message led to criticism from Republican senators like Cory Gardner of Colorado and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. On Monday, Trump hastily took to the podium to try again. He finally uttered the words “white supremacist” and “neo-Nazi,” though his statement began with him touting how well the economy is doing. On Twitter, he also mocked the African-American CEO of drugmaker Merck, who resigned from a White House manufacturing council to protest the President’s initial response to Charlottesville. Over the last three days, “Trump + Charlottesville” has just a 19 percent positive score on Social. –Alex Shultz
Republished from 30dB