This isn’t much better than “very fine people” on both sides from last year. One side (Nazis and racists) was wrong. Not both sides. No equivalency. Trump will not condemn the Nazis because they are part of his base.
Trump has a talent for wording that simultaneously winks at extremists and sounds just conventional enough that his defenders can call his critics crazy for saying he's winking at extremists. pic.twitter.com/A9ar6IiVO3
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2018
Trump’s trying to avoid another disaster ahead of Unite the Right 2. https://t.co/nt5MriDNDT
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 11, 2018
Republican @RepTomGarrett says he was told in a closed briefing that Russian meddling contributed to last year's conflict and violence in Charlottesville. Wow. @CNN
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 11, 2018
Trump repeatedly attacks NFL players peacefully protesting racism. But when faced with demonstrations by potentially violent white supremacists, he condemns "all types of racism and acts of violence." This is a slightly vaguer version of his "fine people on both sides" statement. https://t.co/KbImANIfNR
— Larry Noble (@LarryNoble_DC) August 11, 2018
That tweet isn’t condemning racism. https://t.co/uFWijV8J6x
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 11, 2018
"Remember his record": CNN's Victor Blackwell reacts to President Trump's latest tweet, after Trump says he condemns "all types of racism" pic.twitter.com/bYpVUIxg9Q
— New Day (@NewDay) August 11, 2018
.@PhilipRucker just now: Trump hasn’t said anything about the DC White Supremacists rally but has about NFL protests: “He’s judging how professional athletes decide to protest but he says nothing about how KKK members or White Supremacists decide to protest.”
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) August 10, 2018
Why can't Trump just condemn Nazis? @GrahamDavidA asks: https://t.co/Lx1Yi5g4Bl
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 11, 2018
Donald Trump seems fine with Nazis gathering on his lawn https://t.co/25bnArq85P
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 11, 2018
President Trump denounced “all types of racism” but did not specifically condemn the supremacists a day before white nationalists are scheduled to rally in Washington https://t.co/abugKZNrOM pic.twitter.com/E1Y9eLdnXX
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 11, 2018
Did people read Trump’s Charlottesville tweet today as being “in stark contrast” to his “both sides” comments last year? My own read was that it was very much the same – emphasis on “all types”
of violence, non-mention of white supremacists. https://t.co/RkMsxLo8Px pic.twitter.com/cTY9FpLVnE— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2018
Sad! 