During an interview with the New York Times on Tuesday, Trump was asked about his supporters in the so-called “alt-right,” a loosely defined nationalist movement in which there is some support for the white supremacy movement.
“I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn,” Trump told the Times during the meeting. He also said he did not want to “energize” them.
But on Tuesday, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer why Trump hasn’t disavowed them “more dramatically.”
He condemns them. Be done with it!
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The press will hold Trump to a standard that would have put any of the past several presidents in jail for what they turned up/manufactured.
On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Dave Alexander & Company with David Edgren and Gus Bailey – The Artisan Craft Blog wrote:
> Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave) posted: “Washington Examiner: During > an interview with the New York Times on Tuesday, Trump was asked about his > supporters in the so-called “alt-right,” a loosely defined nationalist > movement in which there is some support for the white supremacy movement. > “I co” >
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What does Blitzer want? “I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn” is already as far as you can take simple speech. It is pretty much the opposite of aid and comfort. Any more than that and it becomes punishing people for controversial ideas. Let’s ask Obama how he feels about the people who were setting things on fire when Trump won and see if we can get a condemnation at all. If he can even reach the level of “disavow and condemn” then I take no issue with Blitzer’s argument.
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They want a promise to allow BLM and similar groups to have a pass on hate speech while right wing rhetoric is punished. They want him to be Obama.
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Is this solipsism writ large?
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p.s. you’ve got mail.
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