Monday, August 14, 2017

First ever Trump speech to clearly condemn racist hate groups

Finally. As they say, better late than never. An excerpt of Trump's remarks, after self-aggrandizing about the economy, from his news conference about Charlottesville this morning:

"We must love each other, show affection for each other and unite together in condemnation of hatred, bigotry and violence. Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremasts and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans. We are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal." -Donald Trump

Trump's remarks came a day after several GOP lawmakers pressed him to call out hate groups by name. The Daily Stormer has yet to post a response to Trump's latest remarks.

UPDATE 8/15: Trump back-peddled from the above statement to say: "You have some very bad people in that [neo Nazi] group, but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides."

Trump cannot stand firm against Nazis, thus he is a threat to civil society.

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