TUESDAY WAS a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere. The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs. When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19, Americans of goodwill mourn and demand justice. When this is done in the context of a rally where swastikas are borne and racist and anti-Semitic epithets hurled, the only morally justifiable reaction is disgust. When the nation’s leader does not understand this, the nation can only weep. On Saturday, after the murder of an innocent protester in Charlottesville followed marches that included armed men and Nazi salutes, President Trump’s instinct was to blame both sides. Widespread criticism followed, including the resignations of business leaders from a White House advisory council and condemnation from political leaders of both parties. On Monday, Mr. Trump read a prepared statement condemning white supremacists and racism, delivering it in a manner suggesting he neither wrote nor endorsed the words. On Tuesday, he removed any doubt: His initial reaction, putting Nazis and those protesting them on equal moral footing, is how he really feels. Read more https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...-card-b:homepage/story&utm_term=.3e5eddc5dd44
He ‘Went Rogue’: President Trump’s Staff Stunned After Latest Charlottesville Remarks Chief of Staff John Kelly stared at the floor, arms crossed. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. In front of him, President Donald Trump was in the middle of reigniting an explosive controversy the White House had tried to extinguish just a day earlier. To Kelly's right, reporters pressed up against a velvet rope to shout questions about the president’s response to the violence over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. With the élan of an orchestra conductor, Trump pointed at one reporter, then gestured to another. “Infrastructure question,” he barked at one point. “Go ahead.” Read more http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...nt-trump-s-staff-stunned-after-latest-n793091
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-duke-trump-charlottesville_us_5991d6bae4b08a2472764798 Ex-KKK Leader David Duke Has Meltdown After Trump Condemns White Supremacists In Charlottesville
John Kasich on Trump and Charlottesville: ‘Pathetic, isn’t it?’ In a TODAY exclusive, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who ran against President Trump for the Republican nomination, says there is “no moral equivalency between neo-Nazis and the KKK and “anybody else” and says “the president needs to condemn this.” Clearly outraged as he speaks live from Ohio, he adds, “There is no place for politics here.” Video at this link: https://www.today.com/video/john-kasich-on-trump-and-charlottesville-pathetic-isn-t-it-1025756227732
He did on Monday. Yesterday he praised the President for 'telling the truth' Here is the link: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017...neo-nazis-trump-honest-charlottesville-tweets
There were numerous statements from the white house condemning these right wing groups all along, and over this past week. Trump condemned bigotry and similar evils in his first speech.
He didnt say one was worse than the other. It was very vague. He was forced to say what he said on Monday. Then yesterday he went 'rogue' and said what he really thought.
