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"The Department of Justice is Opening a civil rights investigation into the deadly car attack in Charlottesville"
Are you sure your Justice Department won't be too busy suing universities over Affirmative Action admissions policies on the grounds that Affirmative Action 'discriminates against whites?' Something white nationalists have been calling for for years?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/the-justice-department-embraces-white-grievance/535683/
"According to a document first reported by The New York Times, the Trump Justice Department has decided to focus on investigating and suing universities with affirmative-action programs that the department deems to have discriminated against white students. "
atreides1
(16,067 posts)The Trump DoJ wants to make sure that members of the White Supremacists groups in Charlottesville, did not have their Civil Rights violated by the city or counter protesters!!!
LostinRed
(840 posts)he is the biggest bigot of them all.
LisaM
(27,794 posts)Excellent catch to pair those two items.....
TrollBuster9090
(5,953 posts)is CATERING to white nationalists, rather than renouncing them. Affirmative Action has been one of their biggest talking points for 50 years. Sending the Justice Department after Affirmative Action and 'reverse discrimination against whites' was meant as red meat for that part of the base.
Put those two things together, and Trump's rhetoric rings hollow.
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)they'll conclude that there were many sides to the issue and the tragic event was accidental and could not have been avoided.
obamanut2012
(26,047 posts)msongs
(67,367 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)hatrack
(59,578 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)But, under this DOJ assaults on bodies that disagree with their constituency are not likely to be considered crimes.
Thrill
(19,178 posts).
Johnny2X2X
(18,973 posts)"Trump's Justice Department has determined that those who were injured, and the family of the deceased owe Mr. Fields $7000 for damage to his Dodge Charger, and $500,000 for the pain and suffering that was caused to him for this whole ordeal when all he was trying to do is show how the white race is superior."
Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)Either that or Charlottesville will be fined for violating the civil rights of the Nazis.
Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)is infringing on the civil rights of white nationalists.