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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthe 'president' is full of shit. this is NOT 'on many sides'
Trump condemns 'hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides' in Charlottesville
Bridgewater, New Jersey (CNN)President Donald Trump condemned hate "on many sides" in response to violent white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that have played out on national television Saturday.
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides," Trump said during a short statement. "It has been going on for a long time in our country -- not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. It has been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in America."
He did not mention white nationalists and the alt-right movement in his remarks.
Earlier Saturday, Trump, who is on his 17-day vacation in New Jersey, urged people to "come together as one" in response to the protests but did not explicitly mention the white nationalist origins of the conflict.
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides," Trump said during a short statement. "It has been going on for a long time in our country -- not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. It has been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in America."
He did not mention white nationalists and the alt-right movement in his remarks.
Earlier Saturday, Trump, who is on his 17-day vacation in New Jersey, urged people to "come together as one" in response to the protests but did not explicitly mention the white nationalist origins of the conflict.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/politics/trump-statement-alt-right-protests/index.html?adkey=bn
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the 'president' is full of shit. this is NOT 'on many sides' (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2017
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And he doesn't give a rat's ass unless it benefits him and his family personally.
greatauntoftriplets
Aug 2017
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madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)1. The false equivalency is disgraceful.
Trump is a disgrace. He is ignorant and hateful. He can't say the right thing because he doesn't know right from wrong.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)2. And he doesn't give a rat's ass unless it benefits him and his family personally.
Just a terrible human being, and I question the "human" part.
livetohike
(22,145 posts)3. He's not a leader. If he doesn't kick Bannon and Miller
and Gorka off of his team today, he has no credibility. He's a disgrace.