?One side is racist?: Romney, other Republicans rebuke Trump?s Charlottesville hedging
Dylan Stableford11 hours ago
Several prominent Republicans denounced President Trumps latest comments blaming both sides for the violence that erupted between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
One side is racist, bigoted, Nazi, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tweeted. The other opposes racism and bigotry. Morally different universes.
We must be clear, House Speaker Paul Ryan wrote on Twitter Tuesday. White supremacy is repulsive. This bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. There can be no moral ambiguity.
There are no good neo-nazis, and those who espouse their views are not supporters of American ideals and freedoms, McConnells statement read. We all have a responsibility to stand against hate and violence, wherever it raises its evil head.
Theres no moral equivalency between racists & Americans standing up to defy hate & bigotry, Sen. John McCain tweeted. The President of the United States should say so.
As we pray for Charlottesville, we are reminded of the fundamental truths recorded by that citys most prominent citizen in the Declaration of Independence: we are all created equal and endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights, their statement read. We know these truths to be everlasting because we have seen the decency and greatness of our country.
Saturdays violence and tragic loss of life was a direct consequence of the hateful rhetoric & action from white supremacists demonstrating, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., wrote.
Race-based supremacy movements have no place in our melting pot culture, McCarthy added. They do not reflect the ideals enshrined in our Constitution that treats and respects every American equally.
During a heated exchange with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday afternoon, the president defended his initial statement that asserted many sides were to blame for the violence on Saturday in Charlottesville, where white nationalists and neo-Nazis clashed with counterprotesters. One woman, Heather Heyer, was killed when a 20-year-old reported Nazi sympathizer allegedly drove his car through a group of counterprotesters. Trump called the man, James Alex Fields Jr., a murderer but declined to characterize the incident as domestic terrorism which several members of the GOP had urged him to do.
I couldn't vote, as from where I stand, "Everyone has the right to the American dream"...It shouldn't matter where on the social-scale you find yourself, as when everyone is united with the one common goal, things just work-out for the better.
Without wanting to sound ignorant, I'm not sure what the American dream actually is, though I'd suggest it means a great many different things to different groups of people that make up your countries population. This is likely where the core of issues lives IMO.
People have forgotten what made America great in the first place. A multicultural cess-pool of people with each others best interests & common well-being the nations traits.
Once upon a time.
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