‘All It Took Was 3 Days of Crushing Public Pressure’
The immediate response to President Donald Trump’s insincere denouncement of white supremacists, three days after they first attacked in Virginia, is overwhelmingly being panned as too little, too late. In his exceptionally short two-minute speech, which began with self-praise for the economy, Trump neglected to label the murder of a 32-year old woman on Saturday as domestic terrorism. Trump’s own attorney general hours earlier had called it domestic terrorism.
Hundreds of white supremacists with torches marched on the University of Virginia Friday, and thousands of white supremacists held a rally on Saturday.
“Racism is evil,” Trump said Monday afternoon in a hastily-called press event, “and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists.”
On Saturday, Trump specifically refused to denounce white nationalism when asked if he would.Â
On social media, the response to Trump’s words was quick, and condemning.Â
Even the Chairman of the Republican Party in Virginia admitted Trump’s words should’ve been uttered on Saturday.
Trump’s condemnation of white supremacism came after a statement on the attacks in Virginia was released by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“The scenes at the right-wing extremist march were absolutely repulsive — naked racism, anti-Semitism and hate in their most evil form were on display,” a Merkel spokesperson said. “Such images and chants are disgusting wherever they may be and they are diametrically opposed to the political goals of the chancellor and the entire German government.”Â
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