Washington Post Just Delivered A Blistering Editorial Against Trump
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The Washington Post Editorial Board on Monday evening released a strong critique of Donald Trump after the president again said that white supremacists and the people protests against them are equivalent.
The headline of the editorial reads simply, “The nation can only weep.”
“Tuesday was a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere. The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs,” The Washington Post editorial opened up saying.
The editorial continued, “When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19, Americans of goodwill mourn and demand justice. When this is done in the context of a rally where swastikas are borne and racist and anti-Semitic epithets hurled, the only morally justifiable reaction is disgust. When the nation’s leader does not understand this, the nation can only weep.”
The Post continued by noting the problematic timeline of Trump’s statements and his failing to condemn white supremacist violence immediately.
Next, The Washington Post took down Trump’s argument that there were lots of “fine” people in the white supremacist marches this weekend. “Yes, there are good and moral Americans who oppose the removal of statues of Confederate generals,” The Post said.
“Yes, there are reasonable Americans who fear that slaveholding Founding Fathers will be the next target. Notwithstanding Mr. Trump’s comments Tuesday, we don’t find it difficult to distinguish between a monument to George Washington, say, and statues to Confederate generals that were erected in the 20th century with the goal of maintaining white supremacy.”
Despite these facts, The Washington Post notes just how inappropriate it is for Donald Trump to have made these statements.
“Not in a time of mourning, with the wounds so fresh. Not when Mr. Trump has not even bothered to call the family of Heather Heyer, the young woman mowed down on Saturday. Not when Americans are looking for a clear and unequivocal condemnation of the hatred that brought those 700 marchers to Charlottesville.”
Read the full Washington Post editorial here.
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