Charlottesville, Virginia is now in a state of emergency due to a riot, led by White Supremacist, that has now turned violent. Trump finally made a statement on the growing crisis, but while doing was so, he was met with some responses that pointed his hypocrisy.
The rioting started because of the city’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. They sure didn’t like that, so they took to the streets to make their voices heard. Trump who was missing since the news broke out finally tweeted a statement Saturday, almost a whole 24 hrs laters saying,
We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2017
See Twitter was not down with the phony tweet. So they responded leaving Trump with a “man in the mirror” moment. Here a re a few tweets below,
The Nazis are marching in your name, shouting “Heil Trump.” pic.twitter.com/cJrqhJWuJo
— Vets Against Trump (@commondefense) August 12, 2017
If these were jihadists you would break your neck to get in front of cameras. You tweet about the violence of the KKK? That’s dishonorable
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) August 12, 2017
Does Trump realize that if we condemn hate, then we must condemn Trump himself?
— David Putnam (@davidmputnam) August 12, 2017
These tweeters are right. Trump wants us to condemn these people for the VERY thing he is doing himself. You can tell his statement was more of a P.R. move rather than him actually caring. He even followed up that tweet with a pathetic excuse for his late response. Saying meetings were more important than actually handling this emergency.
Am in Bedminster for meetings & press conference on V.A. & all that we have done, and are doing, to make it better-but Charlottesville sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2017
If you think about it, blame Trump for giving these racists the ammo they need to Make Our Nation Racist Again.
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