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ck4829

(35,077 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 02:21 PM Dec 2016

Donald Trump can find time to tweet against SNL but not Dylann Roof?

Has Donald Trump even said "Dylann Roof", "Council of Conservative Citizens", or "Alt-Right"?

Al Sharpton Slams Trump for Not Tweeting About the Dylann Roof Case

Rev. Al Sharpton wants Donald Trump to take a break from attacking the media, Boeing and Saturday Night Live to actually use his Twitter account for good.

"I was a little surprised I didn't see (Trump) tweet about the Dylann Roof verdict. I'm surprised he hasn't addressed the verdict," Sharpton, the president of the National Action Network, said sarcastically.

Of course, no one was surprised by the resounding silence on this, given Trump's mere two-word response to the spate of racially motivated attacks following the election.

"Stop it," Trump told his supporters watching his CBS News interview with Leslie Stahl, when asked if he had a message for his supporters inciting violence. The interview aired less than one week after the election. Trump did find the time to tweet about the attack at Ohio State University, no doubt because a Somali-American Muslim was behind it, and that fits more with Trump's anti-immigrant, Islamophobic message.

But mostly, Trump uses Twitter to strike out at enemies like Saturday Night Live and Vanity Fair, or just anyone who criticizes or disagrees with him.

http://www.alternet.org/human-rights/al-sharpton-slams-trump-not-tweeting-about-dylann-roof-case

Has Donald Trump made any tweets about Marco De La Cruz and John Matteson, the pair who attacked and stabbed a Muslim not even a week ago?

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Donald Trump can find time to tweet against SNL but not Dylann Roof? (Original Post) ck4829 Dec 2016 OP
what did dylann roof ever do to offend donnie? unblock Dec 2016 #1
Shoot an 87-year-old woman 11 times then laugh about it? BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #2
well that clearly offends you and me and most of the rest of the country. unblock Dec 2016 #3
As it would offend any President up until this one BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #5
And Sandy Hook. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #4
donald wants to talk about donald, nothing else. spanone Dec 2016 #6
of course not mnmoderatedem Dec 2016 #7
Because it's not about HIM Retrograde Dec 2016 #8
Had Dylann Roof Shot at Trump, it would be non stop yuiyoshida Dec 2016 #9

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
7. of course not
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 02:44 PM
Dec 2016

nor does we tweet about numerous thug trump supporters who shot his name while physically assaulting minorities. That does not bother him at all but SNL poking fun at him causes him to go apeshit.

Tells you everything you need to know.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
8. Because it's not about HIM
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 03:53 PM
Dec 2016

If Roof had, say, grafittoed the wall of a Trump-branded property the Big Orange would have let out a tweetstorm. But killing a large number of people (who probably wouldn't have voted for him anyway) is no big deal to him.

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