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Demovictory9

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Sat Aug 4, 2018, 09:15 AM Aug 2018

Dan Rather unloads on racist trump : "this is the president"? [View all]

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b6592dde4b0fd5c73da1bde





Dan Rather Unloads On Donald Trump Over ‘Racist’ Attack On LeBron James

“It’s a disgrace.”

By Lee Moran

08/04/2018 08:10 AM ET

Veteran journalist Dan Rather unleashed a blistering attack on Donald Trump over Twitter early Saturday.

The former CBS news anchor described the president’s tweeted attack on NBA star LeBron James and CNN host Don Lemon as “racist.”


Trump posted the following late Friday:

Rather responded with this message:

“This is apparently what the President of the United States feels the need to share with the world at what should be long past his bedtime?” Rather asked.

He said Trump’s tweet was “a disgrace” and “racist.”

“And it’s the product of petty but dangerous hatreds,” Rather added. “I repeat this is the PRESIDENT??!?”

Fellow Twitter users also exploded in anger at Trump’s tweet, which was in delayed response to an interview Lemon conducted with James that aired Monday. In it, James said Trump enabled racists and used sports to divide the nation. James, who has previously called Trump a “bum,” and Lemon are yet to respond.

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Trump has been a racist all his life dalton99a Aug 2018 #1
You are right on the money professor. In my opinion he is a destructive sociopath. nt ladjf Aug 2018 #7
Let them have it!!!!! paleotn Aug 2018 #15
GOP Is Out of the Closet Panich52 Aug 2018 #2
Thank you! Puzzler Aug 2018 #5
Great post Kurt V. Aug 2018 #8
Lee Atwater supposedly saw the light just before his went out DFW Aug 2018 #9
Great quote. llmart Aug 2018 #10
fuck atwater heaven05 Aug 2018 #13
OP this. Duppers Aug 2018 #11
++++ this nt heaven05 Aug 2018 #12
⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳⛳ babysnatcher. sarcasmo Aug 2018 #3
The only thing Rather got wrong The Liberal Lion Aug 2018 #4
K&R! Puzzler Aug 2018 #6
tRumps daddy was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1927 elmac Aug 2018 #14
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