The Alt-President Chooses His 'Side' [View all]
The Alt-President Chooses His 'Side'
At an insane press conference, Trump blames 'both' sides for the Charlottesville violence.
The Associated Press By Robert Schlesinger | Managing Editor for Opinion
Aug. 15, 2017, at 6:27 p.m.
When Donald Trump asserts that "there's blame on both sides and I have no doubt about it," he has chosen sides and you should have no doubt about it.
The alt-president of the United States completed his polarizing pirouette on Charlottesville on Tuesday, returning foursquare to the morally bankrupt both-sidesism that he bleated out on Saturday before giving a too-little, too-late walk-back Monday.
Trump has now had three chances to react to the weekend’s tragic events. He’s had three opportunities to not only do his job as president of the United States but speak out for his party and himself.
Trump could have expressed moral outrage at Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Nazis, other white supremacists and their fellow travelers violently rallying in Virginia. But this president was less interested in finding words to speak for the country than in lending the bully pulpit to the forces of racism, division and injustice.
"Wait a minute; I'm not finished – I'm not finished fake news," the petulant president chirped at a reporter Tuesday.
Real news: This man is beneath and too small for the office he holds. And the sooner he is finished, the better for the country.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2017-08-15/by-blaming-both-sides-in-press-conference-donald-trump-chooses-his-side
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