Seriously, was any DU'er shocked by Trump's reaction to Charlottesville?

[Girard442]

Horrified, disgusted, repulsed, angered, damn right. But shocked? No. Anyone who has listened to him knows exactly what he is -- and that includes his supporters.

[BootinUp]

1. Not here. Nt

[johnp3907]

2. Not me.

I know what he is.

[Bladewire]

3. Trump is a racist homophobic bigot

This we know

[Solly Mack]

4. Nope

[hexola]

5. No - I expected there would be a wink

And they got it...

[RKP5637]

6. His reactions/comments did not surprise me one bit. One can see him for what he is.

These are his people and it's what he wants.

[spanone]

7. constantly offended by his shit, but shock left years ago

[Wounded Bear]

8. I didn't watch him make his statement...

but I understand he was understandably uncomfortable when he did it. He always is when he has to suborn his natural assholiness and appear empathetic. He can't fake that very well at all.

He sucks.

[bronxiteforever]

11. Right on the money.

[AlexSFCA]

9. if course not

it took him a long time to 'disavow' david duke and when he did it was if he was annoyed. He never said anything bad about duke or white supremacists though. This is his core base that got him elected and without them his rallies would become empty.

[dgibby]

10. The only thing that shocked me

about his comment was the fact that he made one at all. I thought he'd ignore it like he does with anything else that requires an ounce of compassion from him.

[edhopper]

19. Me too.

I was sure he would ignore it like the Mosque bombing.

It looked like some one in the WH pushed him out there to say something and he did his usually idiot act.

[Vinca]

12. No. He clearly went out of his way not to lose Nazi votes.

[Lint Head]

13. Not me. Even the head of homeland security said both sides came to cause trouble.

The entire Trump administration is infested with bigotry and racism. They only speak up when forced into a corner.

[The Genealogist]

14. Nope, not at all

He's not going to criticize his own kind. My hope is that something good comes out of it, that Americans wake up and see what is going on around them and say "enough of this evil, its time to impeach this unamerican lout and boot his disgusting cabal of fascists from the halls of our government."

[krispos42]

15. I was shocked he didn't egg them on.

Of course, his handlers might have changed the password on his phone again.

[Coventina]

16. No, it was exactly what I would have expected from him. n/t

[GallopingGhost]

17. And Paris Dennard was just

on CNN spinning, justifying, defending the Orange Menace, saying that he will issue a statement "at the appropriate time."

He is NEVER going to denounce white supremacists because he is one. He is their role model.

[dalton99a]

18. No.