Aeolus451 said:
Soundwave said:
Yes a "public figure" can't help that, but he can STAND UP and lead in a moment and denounce things like a KKK, Neo-Nazi rally in which a person was killed and several others could have been killed.
I'd say actually it's a requirement of being president, one in which Trump failed horribly at and has now wounded his presidency perhaps irrepairably by.
The last 4 weeks has been bad enough for him but Charlottsville was just the slam dunk cherry on top of a sundae of shit.
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Chill out. No public figure has to denounce every single deplorable person that likes them. Imagine if singers had to call out every single person that likes their music. Trump did denounce them btw.
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By being shamed into denouncing them.
Trump has made his bed and people can see him for what he is, that will define his presidency going forward.
Every presidency has a moment where a president needs to step up and unify the country, Trump failed hilariously.
Enough with the "Trump is innocent he can't help it if Neo Nazis like him". The gig is up. He was able to get away with that during the campaign by winking at hate groups, however it blew up in his face this week in a big way because he made a callous, calculated decision to not openly condemn those groups because he likes them as a voter block strongly, then only did so when forced into and underminded that statement by then having an unhinged event right after that by doubling back on his initial weak statement.
He blew it. Plain and simple. The good news is the backlash against this has been tremendous. His business councils have all bascally resigned because no business wants to be attached to what racism represents, church leaders have pushed back, many other Republicans have slammed him. That's the problem with white supremasists ... they are an ugly idelogy and the more they dare to step into the light the more it becomes obvious who ugly they are, like cockroaches stepping into the light.