An objective view of Trump’s comments;
Trump: “Excuse me, excuse me. They didn’t put themselves — and you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. You had people in that group. Excuse me, excuse me. I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.”
Here’s where Trump is fundamentally wrong. He seems to think that the rally consisted of some neo-Nazis over here and some others over there who were simply there to protest the plans to move the Lee statue. That is simply not true. This was not some protest organized by history buffs who think that the statue should stay because that’s one way for us to understand the past. This was always an event organized by white nationalists. The history-minded people who genuinely believe we shouldn’t take down Confederate statues because their presence can be informative about an uncomfortable past were never part of this event — and had the good sense to stay far, far, far away. Anyone who showed up to march was knowingly joining a white supremacist rally.
So when Trump says of the rally that “there were very fine people on both sides,” he may think there were some fine people on the pro-statue side in Charlottesville that day, but there weren’t. There were only white supremacists. So, yes, when Trump said there “were very fine people on both sides,” he was talking about white supremacists. Maybe he didn’t think he was — but he did. And he should have known better.
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Instead of helping President Trump unify the nation after the recent mass shootings, Democrats are once again peddling the Charlottesville hoax to further inflame America’s divisions.
For two years now, liberals have been brazenly lying about the remarks President Trump made in response to the 2017 Charlottesville tragedy, touting their fabrication as the most convincing evidence available that the president is actually the “white nationalist” they’ve always claimed. Following the twin shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio — which they blame on Donald Trump — Democrats and the mainstream media have predictably trotted out the Charlottesville canard once again.
act, President Trump explicitly denounced the very people that liberals accuse him of praising, clarifying that “I’m not talking about the Neo-Nazis and the White Nationalists. They should be condemned totally.” Note that President Trump uttered those words immediately after referencing “very fine people.”
Honest, accurate reporting would have made this perfectly clear from the outset. But we don’t have an honest press; we have an opposition press. "
The Charlottesville Hoax That Would Not Die
This is why us normals stooped paying attention to liberals calling people ( like Trump ) a racist.
They are not fine if the choose to stand side by side in a demonstration with Neo Nazi Scum.I completely agree.
What I don't understand is why the left hates the citizens of Charlottesville and why they don't believe there are any fine people who live there.
Instead of helping President Trump unify the nation after the recent mass shootings, Democrats are once again peddling the Charlottesville hoax to further inflame America’s divisions.
For two years now, liberals have been brazenly lying about the remarks President Trump made in response to the 2017 Charlottesville tragedy, touting their fabrication as the most convincing evidence available that the president is actually the “white nationalist” they’ve always claimed. Following the twin shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio — which they blame on Donald Trump — Democrats and the mainstream media have predictably trotted out the Charlottesville canard once again.
act, President Trump explicitly denounced the very people that liberals accuse him of praising, clarifying that “I’m not talking about the Neo-Nazis and the White Nationalists. They should be condemned totally.” Note that President Trump uttered those words immediately after referencing “very fine people.”
Honest, accurate reporting would have made this perfectly clear from the outset. But we don’t have an honest press; we have an opposition press. "
The Charlottesville Hoax That Would Not Die
This is why us normals stooped paying attention to liberals calling people ( like Trump ) a racist.
It then comes down to what Trump meant by "that group" - was it all (who he ever saw pictures of) protesting the statue removal or was it a (specific headline?) picture of only that day's (night's?) protestors? Both arguments carry some weight, yet we know that Trump has lied in the past about what he saw on the TV news (thousands of cheering Muslims on NJ rooftops on 9/11/2001).
Instead of helping President Trump unify the nation after the recent mass shootings, Democrats are once again peddling the Charlottesville hoax to further inflame America’s divisions.
For two years now, liberals have been brazenly lying about the remarks President Trump made in response to the 2017 Charlottesville tragedy, touting their fabrication as the most convincing evidence available that the president is actually the “white nationalist” they’ve always claimed. Following the twin shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio — which they blame on Donald Trump — Democrats and the mainstream media have predictably trotted out the Charlottesville canard once again.
act, President Trump explicitly denounced the very people that liberals accuse him of praising, clarifying that “I’m not talking about the Neo-Nazis and the White Nationalists. They should be condemned totally.” Note that President Trump uttered those words immediately after referencing “very fine people.”
Honest, accurate reporting would have made this perfectly clear from the outset. But we don’t have an honest press; we have an opposition press. "
The Charlottesville Hoax That Would Not Die
This is why us normals stooped paying attention to liberals calling people ( like Trump ) a racist.
They are not fine if the choose to stand side by side in a demonstration with Neo Nazi Scum.
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Direct quote from President Trump:
Excuse me, they didn’t put themselves down as neo-Nazis, and you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. You had people in that group – excuse me, excuse me, I saw the same pictures you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.”
There is nothing ambiguous about what the President said.
The Press lied, and their target audience continues to push the lie.
End of story.
That same quote was in the post to which I relied. As I said, it all comes down to who was in "that group" - all Trump needs to do is to show us "the pictures" (of that group) which he was referring to and point out the "very fine people" in them.
I completely agree.
What I don't understand is why the left hates the citizens of Charlottesville and why they don't believe there are any fine people who live there.
Instead of helping President Trump unify the nation after the recent mass shootings, Democrats are once again peddling the Charlottesville hoax to further inflame America’s divisions.
For two years now, liberals have been brazenly lying about the remarks President Trump made in response to the 2017 Charlottesville tragedy, touting their fabrication as the most convincing evidence available that the president is actually the “white nationalist” they’ve always claimed. Following the twin shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio — which they blame on Donald Trump — Democrats and the mainstream media have predictably trotted out the Charlottesville canard once again.
act, President Trump explicitly denounced the very people that liberals accuse him of praising, clarifying that “I’m not talking about the Neo-Nazis and the White Nationalists. They should be condemned totally.” Note that President Trump uttered those words immediately after referencing “very fine people.”
Honest, accurate reporting would have made this perfectly clear from the outset. But we don’t have an honest press; we have an opposition press. "
The Charlottesville Hoax That Would Not Die
This is why us normals stooped paying attention to liberals calling people ( like Trump ) a racist.
Agreed.
But why does the left believe the entire population of the Charlottesville would be standing side by side with Neo Nazi Scum?
Personally, I don't think the President needs to do anything. He came out later after the liberal press and their trained audience went ballistic and restated exactly what his views were.
To take it any further is to argue with patients in the asylum.
No one said the entire population of Charlottesville. Do show where someone said the ENTIRE population. Was the ENTIRE population of Charlottesville at the rally? No.
He has no credibility.It then comes down to what Trump meant by "that group" - was it all (who he ever saw pictures of) protesting the statue removal or was it a (specific headline?) picture of only that day's (night's?) protestors? Both arguments carry some weight, yet we know that Trump has lied in the past about what he saw on the TV news (thousands of cheering Muslims on NJ rooftops on 9/11/2001).
The left doesn't believe there are any fine people who live there. Been claiming that for a couple of years now.
Why does the left think every citizen in Charlottesville are bad people?
^^ Inflammatory garbage comment.The left doesn't believe there are any fine people who live there. Been claiming that for a couple of years now.
Why does the left think every citizen in Charlottesville are bad people?
He has no credibility.
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