President Trump claimed Thursday that people have warmed to his argument last month about "bad dudes" populating both sides of a white supremacist rally and the demonstrators who showed up in Charlottesville, Va. in early August to counter-protest them.
His comments in the days after the Charlottesville rally turned violent, resulting in the death of an anti-fascist protester, received widespread condemnation from both sides of the aisle due to the equivalence he seemed to draw between the neo-Nazi marchers and those who opposed them.
One such critic of the comments was Republican Sen. Tim Scott, who met with Trump earlier this week in part to discuss why the president's statements were problematic.
"We had a great conversation," Trump said of his talk with the South Carolina Republican. "I think especially in light of the advent of Antifa, if you look at what's going on there. You have some pretty bad dudes on the other side also and essentially that's what I said."
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Tifa did not belong there - they had no permit and they
ReplyDeletewere the aggressors. Now Trump is attacking the very
people that got him elected. As far as the KKK, there isn't
enough to fill a bowl. Whites virtually elected him.
We’ve got the DACA babies, we’ve got no wall, now we’ve got a condemnation of white people.
Wall Street Journal:
The White House said Wednesday that President Donald Trump will sign a bipartisan congressional resolution condemning white nationalists, after the measure passed both chambers earlier this week.
they had no permit and they were the aggressors.
DeleteAbsolutely and I can only imagine the pressure on Trump not to at least add Antifa to the proclamation. I believe as I've mentioned before, he is doing whatever he can do and still win in 2020 as that is the most important goal considering just SC justices he may be able to appoint.
Go check out Tucker's opening statement from tonite.
DeleteRather eye opening.
The most recent I found was the debate with the professor. Do you have the link?
DeleteTook a bit as I recorded it on TV:
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Thanks and didn't realize it would be so much trouble. https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2017/09/tucker-carlson-border-antifa-trump.html
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