• After criticism, White House says Trump condemns KKK, neo-Nazis
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[quote]CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump included the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups in condemning violence after a white nationalist rally, the White House said on Sunday, the day after he was criticized on the left and right for not explicitly condemning white supremacists. U.S. authorities are investigating the outbreak of violence, which has put new pressure on the Trump administration to take an unequivocal stand against that segment of his political base. Some rightists have claimed allegiance to Trump, a Republican. A 32-year-old woman was killed and 19 injured, five critically, on Saturday when a man plowed a car into a crowd of people objecting to the white nationalist rally in the Southern college town of Charlottesville. About 15 people were injured after rival groups fought pitched battles using fists, rocks and pepper spray in the streets. Trump was criticized by Republicans and Democrats for waiting too long to address the violence and when he did so, failing to explicitly condemn the white-supremacist marchers who ignited the melee. [/quote] [url]https://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-protests-idUSKCN1AT09B[/url]
Baby steps!
Uh-huh, sure he did.
Conisdering how vocal he is on issues using his own Twitter account, I'm surprised he's allowing the WH to issue a statement at his behest. Unless he really doesn't and they are releasing a statement to quell the complaints.
[quote]On Sunday, however, the White House said in a statement that Trump's message on Saturday "condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, and hatred, and of course that includes white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi, and all extremist groups. He called for national unity and bringing all Americans together."[/quote] You can almost smell the insincerity coming off this.
He couldn't even say it [i]himself[/i]? What a fucking coward.
What if he states on twitter that he doesn't condemn them
[url=http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/346382-bossert-trump-did-not-dignify-hate-groups]Aide: Trump did not 'dignify' hate groups by naming them[/url] Fuck. Off.
This isn't Donald Trump talking, it's WH damage control talking. As if the fact that he couldn't be fucking bothered to say it himself didn't indicate as much though.
Best way to validate hate groups is by ignoring them and essentially letting them grow
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52569166][url=http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/346382-bossert-trump-did-not-dignify-hate-groups]Aide: Trump did not 'dignify' hate groups by naming them[/url] Fuck. Off.[/QUOTE] But I thought he was awesome for saying how it is!!!
the fact that we needed to point it out for this statement to happen is embarrassing
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52569137][quote] On Sunday, however, the White House said in a statement that Trump's message on Saturday "condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, and hatred, and of course that [b]includes[/b] white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi, and [b]all extremist groups[/b]. He called for national unity and bringing all Americans together."[/quote] You can almost smell the insincerity coming off this.[/QUOTE] It's doubling down with trump lmao. B-B- But antifa!
We're well, well past the point where it became obvious that the White House press office cannot accurately speak for Donald Trump
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52569166][url=http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/346382-bossert-trump-did-not-dignify-hate-groups]Aide: Trump did not 'dignify' hate groups by naming them[/url] Fuck. Off.[/QUOTE] After all this noise about Obama not specifically referring to terrorist attacks as being perpetrated by [I]Radical Islamic Terrorists.[/I] What a hypocrite.
[QUOTE=Amfleet;52569277]After all this noise about Obama not specifically referring to terrorist attacks as being perpetrated by [I]Radical Islamic Terrorists.[/I] What a hypocrite.[/QUOTE] I remember seeing Mike Huckabee specifically being mad Obama only condemned ISIS for one of their terrorist attacks and not saying the full title of "radical Islam" even though that's, you know, in their name. Oh how the tables have turned and Trump doesn't even want to mention the name of the group, let alone condemning their ideology.
I can't believe you guys voted in a president that needs relentless bipartisan criticism to even consider getting his staffers to say he doesn't like nazis and racists.
Related article that doesn't warrant it's own thread: [b]Scaramucci criticizes Trump’s Charlottesville statement: ‘I think he needed to be much harsher’[/b] [quote]Ousted White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci criticized President Trump’s unwillingness to single out white nationalist and white supremacy groups in addressing the violence that erupted Saturday in Charlottesville. “I wouldn’t have recommended that statement. I think he needed to be much harsher as it related to the white supremacists and the nature of that,” Scaramucci told George Stephanopoulos, referring to his former boss’s broad and vague condemnation of hatred and violence.[/quote] [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/13/scaramucci-criticizes-trumps-charlottesville-statement-i-think-he-needed-to-be-much-harsher/]Washington Post[/url]
I wonder if the mucc is trying to save face after all thats happened [editline]13th August 2017[/editline] not that hes wrong
Fucking Jeff "[URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/18/that-time-the-senate-denied-jeff-sessions-a-federal-judgeship-over-accusations-of-racism/?utm_term=.b176eabe2346"]Too racist to be a federal judge[/URL]" Sessions said this [QUOTE]"The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement Saturday night. "When such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. Justice will prevail."[/QUOTE] Why the fuck can't Trump take a stand on this? Why is everyone in the room except him on the same page?
[QUOTE=Raidyr;52569587]Fucking Jeff "[URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/18/that-time-the-senate-denied-jeff-sessions-a-federal-judgeship-over-accusations-of-racism/?utm_term=.b176eabe2346"]Too racist to be a federal judge[/URL]" Sessions said this Why the fuck can't Trump take a stand on this? Why is everyone in the room except him on the same page?[/QUOTE] because trump's only loyal base is white supremacists and he knows it
put it on camera then we'll talk.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52569137]You can almost smell the insincerity coming off this.[/QUOTE] Right? And I didn't even get around to sharing the "spineless worm" comment from another thread on his Twitter page.
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