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[kirblar]

Spiting nothing but. I wish a lot more repubs were like her.

Gee, I wonder what it is that Navarro, Rubin, Frum, and Kristol all have in common that's sent them fleeing from the GOP?

 

[Spoiled Milk]

I'm stealing this from over the one of the OTs. This happened in the United States. In 2017. But both sides, everyone!

The phrase "A wretched hive of scum and villainy" comes to mind. Those flags are not jokes. It's times like these that demand the strongest possible condemnation in the most directed manner.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Wait did I hear correctly that the orange shitstain dogwhistled the Confederate monument?

 

[Box of Kittens]

Of all the horrible things Trump has done, I'm finding it hard to think of one worse than responding to a terrorist attack with dog whistles. We are long past the point of there being any question what kind of person he is.

 

[Basileus777]

It would not pass the 1st amendment check.

But it is possible to outlaw confederate displays and speech, much like how Germany dealt with their horrid past. Relegate it to textbooks and nothing more.

Slate had this thought a few years ago:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...y_historic_symbols_should_we_do_that_too.html

Codifying it as an amendment would be the way to go about it, being fairly explicit in its definition and making it VERY difficult to change.

The courts would strike this down without a constitutional amendment that will never happen. Government censorship here is the wrong approach because it's not a feasible one.

 

[kess]

That press statement is James Buchanan levels of doughface fuckery

 

[Random Human]

Pretty sure this many sides speech is going to be remembered long after Trump is gone.

I hope so.

 

[Brinbe]

What a fucking joke.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

You know, Obama wouldn't say radical Islamic terrorism, but Trump can't even say the word terrorism. That's... maybe a thousand times worse.

 

[Random Human]

How is the media reacting to Trump's speech? Tell me they're not calling him presidential...

 

[Box of Kittens]

Wait did I hear correctly that the orange shitstain dogwhistled the Confederate monument?

"We must cherish our history."

 

[Crocodile]

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Man I thought we were going to get a breather these next few weeks but nope shit somehow got worse.

There is nobody on this planet I hate more than Trump >_<

 

[Abinash117]

Pretty sure this many sides speech is going to be remembered long after Trump is gone.

Yeah, the one thing people remember about Presidents is what they say. This was Trump's chance and he blew it in a way that only Trump can do.

People say that Trump never really had to deal with a disaster like a natural or economic one.This is a prelude to how he will deal with one.

I also think this is one of those times that he will completely lose some potential support, like what happened to Obama with Trayvon Martain and some White Americans.

 

[Wilsongt]

We all know terrorist can only be brown people to Republicans.

 

[kess]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a major Kelly/Bannon confrontation in the next couple of days

 

[aspiegamer]

I'm in such shock on how poorly Trump handled this that I'm not even angry. Just drawing a blank beyond "BOTH SIDES, BITCHES!" Up to the media in the next few days to keep calling this out for what it is.

There are speed bumps on streets that cross that pedestrian mall... probably stopped the car from going even faster down the hill.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

"We must cherish our history."

I don't even have words just unbelievable.

 

[Box of Kittens]

Hard to say he handled it "poorly" when this was calculated to make sure the Nazis knew Trump had their backs.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Hard to say he handled it "poorly" when this was calculated to make sure the Nazis knew Trump had their backs.

We'll see if he dips even further in the polls after this. He's rapidly destroying any sense of plausible deniability he has against his detractors.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Hard to say he handled it "poorly" when this was calculated to make sure the Nazis knew Trump had their backs.

Its a calculated way to make your 35% base happy, but he needs more than 35% to win in 2020, and even if he did condemn them that 35% isnt going anywhere.

There's a reason why Paul Ryan and even Mike Huckabee condemned this rally, they want to keep up the charade so people want get motivated to register to vote and kick them out of office. Trump isnt intelligent enough to see the long game, and Bannon is too racist to care.

 

[nature boy]

Cory Gardner&#8207;Verified account
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Mr. President - we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.

Better than nothing, too respectful though

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Hard to say he handled it "poorly" when this was calculated to make sure the Nazis knew Trump had their backs.

It's pretty damn impossible to pull "both sides are the same" when one side drove a car through the other side and killed someone.

The way Trump is handling this is very bad for him.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

It's pretty damn impossible to pull "both sides are the same" when one side drove a car through the other side and killed someone.

Unless i missed it, i dont think anyone in the white house has acknowledged the terrorist attack yet.

 

[Random Human]

We've seen his play-to-the-base strategy over the past six months and he's now at terrible numbers, including slipping numbers with that base. At a certain point I think you have to conclude this isn't a winning strategy. So playing to the base can still be wildly mishandling stuff.

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

Ugh kinda wish I'd gone down there and done something stupid.

I mean, in the relative sense of the word.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Better than nothing, too respectful though

A republican actually saying the words "supremacist" and "terrorist" in the context of a white person is a huge step.

 

[habithipster]

"This an extraordinarily complex situation" according to r/t_d.

 

[skullmuffins]

Unless i missed it, i dont think anyone in the white house has acknowledged the terrorist attack yet.

I don't think any cops or federal agencies have called it a terrorist attack yet either, so at best you could say this is coincidentally the one time Trump decided to wait for official confirmation before declaring some tragedy to be an act of terror.

 

[Basileus777]

Its a calculated way to make your 35% base happy, but he needs more than 35% to win in 2020, and even if he did condemn them that 35% isnt going anywhere.

There's a reason why Paul Ryan and even Mike Huckabee condemned this rally, they want to keep up the charade so people want get motivated to register to vote and kick them out of office. Trump isnt intelligent enough to see the long game, and Bannon is too racist to care.

Even 35% is too high of a number for people sympathetic to Nazis murdering people.

 

[Teggy]

Nice subtweet by an R - should have brave enough not to subtweet it, though.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen @RosLehtinen
White supremacists, Neo-Nazis and anti-Semites are the antithesis of our American values. There are no other "sides" to hatred and bigotry.
4:59 PM · Aug 12, 2017

 

[Diablos]

Both sides
Many sides
All sides
Free sides if you purchase wings

 

[VendettaRed07]

I'm sort of down with the idea of everyone registering as a republican and voting for whichever one is least like a nazi and just letting the democratic side sort itself out so maybe we don't head into 2020 wth a coin flip odds of the insanity continuing any further than it already has

 

[Teggy]

Why are two "alt-right" groups called the "national socialist movement" and the "traditionalist workers party"?

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

By the way Kelly, your first week on the job is going fantastic!

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

Why are two "alt-right" groups called the "national socialist movement" and the "traditionalist workers party"?

You're aware that "nazi" is an acronym for national socialist workers party, right?

 

[StopMakingSense]

Why are two "alt-right" groups called the "national socialist movement" and the "traditionalist workers party"?

The Nazi Party in Germany was the "National Socialist German Workers' Party"

 

[Box of Kittens]

To be clear, I'm not claiming this is helpful for him politically, just that this was carefully crafted, not him not knowing what to say.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Well at least the worst president ever won't be from PA anymore.

 

[UberTag]

Brian Klaas&#8207;Verified account
@brianklaas

Trump's week
&#10003;Threatened nuclear war.
&#10003;Threatened Venezuela.
&#10003;Thanked Putin for expelling US diplomats.
&#10003;"Many sides" after neo-Nazi murder.

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I liked Donny better before he went on vacation. Can he go back to work again soon, please?

 

[Random Human]

By the way Kelly, your first week on the job is going fantastic!

Christ, that 2 days of talking heads saying he was going to turn everything normal sure is looking swell.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Trump's had a week of serious issues that require deep and careful consideration and he's managed to botch every single one of them

Sad!

 

[Random Human]

Trump's had a week of serious issues that require deep and careful consideration and he's managed to botch every single one of them

Sad!

You could say that about every week though

 

[chadskin]

Trump's had a week of serious issues that require deep and careful consideration and he's managed to botch every single one of them

Sad!

Country must now come together and HEIL ... I MEAN HEAL -- woof.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Where the fuck are Kelly and Pence hiding.

 

[Wilsongt]

Has Steve KKKing made a statement yet?


FAKE NEWS NETWORKS focusing on VA, Fox chose to run a story about Trump attacking McConnell.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

This idiot is so chaotic that he manages to be more damaging when he isn't in the White House.

 

[nature boy]

A republican actually saying the words "supremacist" and "terrorist" in the context of a white person is a huge step.

Marco Rubio&#8207;Verified account @marcorubio 18m18 minutes ago
Very important for the nation to hear @potus describe events in #Charlottesville for what they are, a terror attack by #whitesupremacists

ChuckGrassley&#8207;Verified account @ChuckGrassley 37m37 minutes ago
What " WhiteNatjonalist" are doing in Charlottesville is homegrown terrorism that can't be tolerated anymore that what Any extremist does

They're not shy about calling it out.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Has Steve KKKing made a statement yet?

He hasnt got back from the rally yet. Give him a few hours.

 

[Teggy]

You're aware that "nazi" is an acronym for national socialist workers party, right?

Apparently I was not. Pretty weird in the current climate of what socialism is associated with that they've stuck with it.


OK, so pol is already trying to dox the driver of the car and found someone with the same license plate but very clearly from another state and not the guy, but he's anti-Trump so they are just running with it.

 

[shem935]

They're not shy about calling it out.

They'll continue to support sessions and trump gutting the FBI looking into white supremacists. They're all hot air.