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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 19, 2017, 07:40 PM Jun 2017

Trumps silence on London attack against Muslims follows pattern, critics say

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday continued an apparent pattern of selectively commenting on hate crimes and terrorist attacks, leading White House critics to accuse him of failing to personally condemn violence carried out by non-Muslims.

Nearly 14 hours after a driver plowed through Muslim worshippers outside of a London mosque, killing at least one, Trump’s usually noisy personal Twitter account was uncharacteristically silent. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in an off-camera press briefing that the administration’s “thoughts and prayers” were with those affected, but Trump personally had not weighed in on any format.

Trump, as president, has repeatedly promised to heal cross-racial divisions, but his slow reaction to violence against minorities or hate-related violence not perpetrated by Muslims is drawing scorn.

“If it was about terrorism, you would recognize these incidents regardless of who does it,” said Carol Anderson, a scholar of race and social justice at Emory University, in a Monday interview. “But this is situational. This situational concern underlies everything in this administration.”

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump%e2%80%99s-silence-on-london-attack-against-muslims-follows-pattern-critics-say/ar-BBCU6lZ?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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Trumps silence on London attack against Muslims follows pattern, critics say (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 OP
He personally and his deplorables dont care about Muslim lives, for real. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #1

Eliot Rosewater

(31,096 posts)
1. He personally and his deplorables dont care about Muslim lives, for real.
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 07:42 PM
Jun 2017

But, they dont care about Americans lives either, especially the poor.

People like him and his followers arent capable of caring about anyone but themselves.

It is a mental illness.

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