Republican lawmakers criticize Trump response to Charlottesville
Source: MSN/The Hill
Republican lawmakers went after President Trump on Saturday over his statement on violent clashes in Charlottesville, Va., with one senator going as far as saying Trump needed to call it a "terror attack by white supremacists."
"Mr. President - we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism," Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) tweeted.
Gardner was joined by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in directly calling out Trump.
"Very important for the nation to hear [President Trump] describe events in Charlottesville for what they are, a terror attack by white supremacists," Rubio said on Twitter.
Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-lawmakers-criticize-trump-response-to-charlottesville/ar-AApVTCu
The article is misleading in that only a few Republicans have criticized Trump's response. The vast majority strongly support it.
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-adviser-says-people-should-stop-criticizing-white-supremacists-so-much-ddd587767d60/
White House adviser says people should stop criticizing white supremacists so much
No one is quite sure what Sebastian Gorka, officially a deputy assistant to President Trump, actually does at the White House. This hasnt stopped him, however, from being a near constant presence in the media.
Wednesday, Gorka appeared on Breitbart News Daily, the radio show of his former employer. Gorka responded to criticism stemming from a previous media appearance on MSNBC where he said [t]heres no such thing as a lone wolf attack. The concept, according to Gorka, was invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid.
The idea of a lone wolf attack, Gorka says, is a ruse to point blame away from al Qaeda and ISIS when [t]here has never been a serious attack or a serious plot that was unconnected from ISIS or al Qaeda. Critics were quick to point to the example of Timothy McVeigh, who was not connected to ISIS or al Qaeda and killed 168 people when he bombed a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.
On Wednesday, Gorka lashed out at at [New York Times reporter] Maggie Haberman and her acolytes in the fake news media, who immediately have a conniption fit and brought up McVeigh. He added that white men and white supremacists are not the problem.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)This speaks of just how horrible Trump is.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Not a chance.
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)We should call evil by its name. My brother didn't give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home. -OGH
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red dog 1
(27,849 posts)Too bad there's nothing but silence from the other 50 GOP senators
Trump, as usual, lacked the courage to blame those actually responsible for the injuries & deaths, namely the white supremacists.
Kick for exposure!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Raven123
(4,864 posts)They should hold a special session denouncing the white supremacist movement, in most concise, clear language possible. we need to know who stands where on this issue. No mixed messsages allowed.
elleng
(131,107 posts)how long it will take, and who will lead such effort.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)out of the W House ASAP!
red dog 1
(27,849 posts)Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,476 posts)It's all fake. Most agree with Trump. Ryan's statement in a tweet was almost a carbon copy of Trump's.
adigal
(7,581 posts)So, are we in a civil war yet?
Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)I didn't think so.