Instead of Donald Trump forcefully condemning these despicable Neo-Nazis in Virginia, he’s emboldening them with his disgusting “on many sides” dog whistle response to Saturday’s disgusting events.
Bill Kristol knows that these Neo-Nazis racists and anti-Semites support Trump and articulated via tweet how Trump should have handled his response.
Straight forward response, that would have sent a huge message that Trump wasn't going to tolerate racist bigots. Instead he embraced them with his both sides dog whistle.
Soledad O'Brien’s tweet showing how these Neo-Nazis responded to Trump’s dog whistle statement. They are very pleased with his response. They even referenced his “on many sides” dog whistle. Mentioning that he said both sides are at fault and they are thankful Trump mentioned that.
"No condemnation at all," per Neo-Nazis group.
"Really, really good" statement by Trump, per Neo-Nazis group.
We have a president who’s emboldening racism and hate.
Donald Trump is stoking this bigotry with his dog-whistle response. Instead of issuing a forceful response that denounced these people, he embraced these despicable Neo-Nazis. Judging how the Neo-Nazis reacted positively to Trump’s statement, they’ll most likely do this again and again.