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Trump stays silent on media-hating Coast Guard officer
But when it comes to those insulting MAGA-ites, Trump relishes jumping in.
By ANDREW RESTUCCIA at Politico
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/21/trump-coast-guard-officer-1179749
"SNIP....
When Chicago police accused actor Jussie Smollett of fabricating a story about being attacked by MAGA-loving bigots, President Donald Trump was quick to weigh in. What about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? he wrote on Twitter.
And when Catholic high school student Nick Sandmann filed a lawsuit against The Washington Post this week over its coverage of last months confrontation between the teenager and a Native American elder, Trump couldnt help himself. Go get them Nick, he declared. Fake News!
But more than 24 hours after news broke that a Coast Guard officer an avowed white nationalist was allegedly plotting to kill Democratic politicians and journalists, Trump has, at least so far, not said a word.
Asked for comment, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, The president and the entire administration have condemned violence in all forms as we have stated many times. Sanders did not respond to questions about whether Trump planned to tone down his rhetoric.
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dogman
(6,073 posts)What was their motive for no press release last Friday when it happened?
applegrove
(118,880 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 22, 2019, 01:11 AM - Edit history (2)
pushing for not naming those who do mass shootings. Maybe the science backs them up. The rightwing nutbombs collect grievances we know: WACO, etc.
dogman
(6,073 posts)But maybe things aren't as bad as they seem. I doubt it though.
applegrove
(118,880 posts)ooky
(8,933 posts)That's the first criteria for Trump to say anything.