For an announcement about infrastructure, President Trump managed to rile just about everyone Tuesday. Of course, the press didn’t care about his plan for the country’s infrastructure; they wanted another take on Charlottesville, and they got it.
It’s about this time people have to wonder just what sort of job Anthony Scaramucci would have done as communications director … would Mooch have been able to come up with something that didn’t set off just about every journalist and pundit in America?
It’s not for us to translate the president’s statements; doesn’t somebody in D.C. get paid good money to write presidential speeches that don’t deliver talking points to the opposition party on a silver platter?
Are there genuinely good people out there concerned about the need to remove all Confederate monuments — today — even if it means the activists taking matters into their own hands? Sure. But that’s not what Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth “2020” Warren heard.
The President of the United States just defended neo-Nazis and blamed those who condemn their racism and hate. This is sick.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) August 15, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump, you are embarrassing our country and the millions of Americans who fought and died to defeat Nazism.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 15, 2017
The President of the United States just went on TV & defended ppl attending a white supremacist rally of neoNazis & klansmen.
Just sickening— Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) August 15, 2017
When it comes to Nazism, white supremacy & domestic terrorism, the only sides are good vs. evil. @realdonaldtrump, which side are you on?
— Sen. Maggie Hassan (@SenatorHassan) August 15, 2017
It’s a sad day in American history when the President of the United States defends white supremacists.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) August 15, 2017
There is only one side that brought brutality, nazi flags, and swastikas to Charlottesville. https://t.co/Zh2M0uKt29
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) August 15, 2017
There is no “many sides” equivalence when one side is engaging in hate speech, advocating discrimination, and seeking to instill fear. https://t.co/Zt7orbcg0d
— Jeff Merkley (@JeffMerkley) August 15, 2017
Trump just repeated his previous views of the moral equivalence of white supremacists and civil rights protesters in #Charlottesville.
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) August 15, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump, there is no moral equivalence between those who fight for civil rights and white supremacists.
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) August 15, 2017
Washington and Jefferson fought to create this country. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson fought to preserve slavery. Not the same!
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) August 15, 2017
They fought to create this country; still, they were slave owners … who wants to be the first to accuse Merkley of defending slavery?
.@realDonaldTrump yet again, you stood up for neo-Nazis and white supremacists today. Yet again, you've failed to live up to your office.
— Senator Cortez Masto (@SenCortezMasto) August 15, 2017
There are not ‘many sides’ to blame for #Charlottesville. There is right and wrong. White nationalism, hatred and bigotry are wrong. -SB
— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) August 15, 2017
As a Jew, as an American, as a human, words cannot express my disgust and disappointment. This is not my President.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 15, 2017
There has to be room for people of all political stripes among the coalition of the sane. We all need to take our country back together.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 15, 2017
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there are not “many sides” to this. pic.twitter.com/AosWtqVt3k
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) August 15, 2017
It appears @realDonaldTrump is back to “many sides” on the Charlottesville terror attack.
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) August 15, 2017
There are not “many sides” to a terrorist attack. White nationalists fueled this attack and they must be held accountable.
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) August 15, 2017
There is only one side. White supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazis, & hate groups have no place in our country. The President needs to say that.
— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) August 15, 2017
By saying he is not taking sides, Donald Trump clearly is. When David Duke and white supremacists cheer, you’re doing it very very wrong.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 15, 2017
Great and good American presidents seek to unite not divide. Donald Trump’s remarks clearly show he is not one of them.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 15, 2017
Charlottesville violence was fueled by one side: white supremacists spreading racism, intolerance & intimidation. Those are the facts.
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) August 15, 2017
Did you really just compare neo-Nazis & white supremacists to the other side? @realDonaldTrump, there is one evil side here.
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) August 15, 2017
Wow, what a disgrace. There is only one side. No one, especially not the leader of the free world, should ever tolerate violent racists.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) August 15, 2017
Yes, @POTUS, there's 2 sides to Charlottesville. 1 is right & 1 is wrong. 1 is full of hate & 1 stands up to hate. You're on the wrong side.
— Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) August 15, 2017
"Both sides" didn't carry torches, wear swastikas, drive a car into innocents. It's not "both sides." https://t.co/SYUa2YXyo2
— Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) August 15, 2017
Off prompter and in his own words, the president gives comfort to white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Absolutely horrifying.
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) August 15, 2017
My parents fled Nazi Germany. There's no "many siding" this Mr. President.
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) August 15, 2017
No words. https://t.co/pCSYUE5iZN
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) August 15, 2017
Even if they specialize in identity politics and division, one thing Democrat politicians share is unity of message. Of course, plenty of Republicans will step forward to criticize the president’s statement as well, but they’ll be accused of doing so for purely political reasons.
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D’OH! Chelsea Clinton stumbles on her own white privilege in tweet about Confederate memorials https://t.co/mzER5D9xZK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 15, 2017
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