barneystinson69 said:
How much of a voting bloc? I really don't think there are enough white supremicists to change an election result. Yes, these people are pieces of shit, and if it is confirmed that a white supremicist drove that car into those people, it should be considered a terrorist attack by the president. |
There are enough people who quietly share these views to give him a healthy voter bloc, and lets not forget he lost the popular vote and barely eeked out victories in swing states, so every voter bloc matters. They are a shrinking portion of the voter base, but they're still there for now.
He will only acknowledge this as a terrorist attack if he is pressured into doing so, right now he would like to have this situation probably go away. Diet (wink wink/hush hush) racism works well for him, but when racism is shown it's full force, people realize how ugly it is and no one wants to be associated with *that* kind of racism.
Playing the "all sides" card lets him tip toe the line while winking at white supremasists "see? I'm your guy, I didn't directly condemn you guys, it's all sides". The language is deliberate. Now there may come a point where he is eventually shamed into saying what he should say now as a leader, but likely he's hoping right now that this just blows over so he doesn't have to.








