Fox CEO James Murdoch Criticizes Trumps Reaction to Charlottesville: Standing Up to Nazis Is Essen

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Source: Variety

James Murdoch, the CEO of 21st Century Fox, has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s controversial reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.

In a memo to colleagues, Murdoch called the violence, in which one woman was killed and 19 others were injured after a car plowed into counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, and Trump’s response to it a concern to “all of us as Americans and free people.”

“The presence of hate in our society was appallingly laid bare as we watched swastikas brandished on the streets of Charlottesville and acts of brutal terrorism and violence perpetrated by a racist mob,” Murdoch wrote in the strongly worded message. “I can’t even believe I have to write this: standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good Nazis. Or Klansmen, or terrorists. Democrats, Republicans, and others must all agree on this, and it compromises nothing for them to do so.”

Read more: http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/james-murdoch-trump-charlottesville-memo-1202532221/

[George II]

1. Good for him. There's still hope for the family. In some quarters, he's referred to as a "lefty"!

[sandensea]

2. Translation: "Excuse me while I put this fig leaf on."

Too little, too late, Mr. Murdoch.

[George II]

3. Give him a break, he's not his father.

[sandensea]

4. I hope you're right.

[hibbing]

5. What the bootlicker Hannity?

[Bladewire]

6. James Murdoch helped create this

On a daily basis James Murdoch supports Trump's mission. And he will continue to do so just watch.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Locking - duplicate thread

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