Trump Had At Least 15 Chances To Address The Portland Attack On Twitter. He Didnt.

[workinclasszero]

Trump Had At Least 15 Chances To Address The Portland Attack On Twitter. He Didn’t.
Instead, the president tweeted about “fake news,” attacked the media and congratulated Republicans on the congressional win in Montana.
By Rebecca Shapiro

President Donald Trump has been tweeting regularly throughout the weekend, but not once has he mentioned the fatal stabbing in Portland, Oregon, that left two men dead after they confronted a man spewing hatred to two Muslim girls.

On Friday, Ricky John Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche were stabbed to death while traveling on one of Portland’s MAX trains. They both stood up to confront a man verbally attacking two girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab.

Police say Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, who has ties to white supremacist groups, targeted the girls for “religiously and racially motivated reasons.” When confronted by Best, Namkai-Meche and a third man, 21-year-old Micah David-Cole Fletcher, Christian violently attacked them with a knife. Fletcher survived the stabbing but remains in the hospital with serious injuries.

Since the fatal attack made national news on Saturday, Trump has sent more than a dozen tweets. Not one of those messages mention Portland, the two deceased men being hailed as “heroes,” or a condemnation of the attacker’s actions that are being investigated by police as a hate crime.

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[luvMIdog]

1. and he isn't going to . That would be criticizing his base supporters. He WANTS it to happen

[workinclasszero]

5. Bingo

All the dog whistles Trump has put out are egging on his foot soldiers like the killer on the train in Portland.

[L. Coyote]

12. And he did. But he did not mention the hate crime, just assault on defenders of hate victims.

Guess he doesn't want to upset the Muslin haters.

[shraby]

2. He probably didn't even see the story in the news because his name wasn't mentioned. n/t

[mn9driver]

3. His base wouldn't approve.

When the outcry gets loud enough, he will issue a general statement with a wink to the shitbirds that still support him.

[Lotusflower70]

4. Of course he did

But he won't. He is not going to address or acknowledge anything that doesn't feed his narrative. He is so narrowly focused on his agenda to the exclusion of all other considerations.

[dalton99a]

6. If another Dylan Roof happened tomorrow, he'd say it was regrettable and call for calm and

respect for the law - to insinuate there would be a riot by black people.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Trump only cares about Muslims if they live in golden palaces, have cool glowing orbs, and...

...would allow him to build a hotel in their country.

[heaven05]

8. the boy who wants to be potus

and his base of white supremcist racists...see Mr's Best, Namkai-Meche and Mr. Cole as traitors to the white race. No comments from that arena...ryan, mcconnell et al might offer tepid response to this racist attack and murders of true americans by an ameriKKKan that represents the worst ameriKKKa has to offer from the white house down to the slime that killed these true americans.

[Binkie The Clown]

9. And why does Trump never use the phrase "Radical Conservative Terrorist"? n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Right wing christian male terrorism. tRump-Bannon not interested. . . . nt

[NastyRiffraff]

11. If he knew he could get away with it

he'd cheer them on. And he would if he were still a candidate. As it is, he has to appease his rabid base and try to placate the rest of the American people. Not doing a great job at either.

[workinclasszero]

13. His silence is cheering them on

We know it and so does the next Jeremy Joseph Christian, or Dylann Roof that's planning some horrible crime out there.

[smirkymonkey]

14. Of course not. This is what he wanted. To stir up enough hatred within his

base so that they would go out and kill his "enemies". He probably considers this to be a victory. I hate that man with a burning passion.