Saturday, April 6, 2024

Trump Defends His “Very Fine People on Both Sides” Remark: I Was Talking About Robert E. Lee Fans

 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/trump-very-fine-people-charlottesville-defense.html

Technically, Trump had mentioned Lee—later on, after he had already weathered a backlash for his initial comments. The press conference in which he first drew moral equivalence between anti-racist protesters and avowed white supremacists came on Aug. 12. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,” he said, placing an emphasis on the last three words. He repeated: “On many sides.”

This argument did not reflect the reality of the situation—there were white supremacists shouting “white lives matter” and “Jews will not replace us.” Instead, he attempted to reduce this violent hatred to an issue of statue preservation.

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  1. >Technically, Trump had mentioned Lee—later on

    Technically Trump didn't actual say what we claimed he said. Technically he did condemn the neo-Nazis.
    BUT WE KNOW HE DIDN'T MEAN IT!
    Reminds me of when Dan Rather ran a false report about Bush II skipping out on National Guard service and then, when caught, said that he had no regrets because Bush II is the kind of guy who would do something like that, EVEN IF HE DIDN'T

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    1. Is it a Mitzva to talk about Trumps mispeaks? Is there nothing new to Rip on Trump that one must dredge up old hock?

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    2. Yes! Since he is so popular with frum Jews who have no clue about his actual views

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    3. The Biden administration has just orchestrated Israel's defeat in Gaza in order to purse its goal of giving Iran victory in the Middle East and you're calling Trump bad for the Jews?

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    4. See interview with Israeli Ambassador in Mishpacha

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    5. I won't open Mishpacha, not since they published a picture of Holocaust survivors in Auschwitz and blurred out the women because they thought seeing emaciated, half-dead women in prison clothes would sexually excite me.
      I do read the headlines everywhere else - officially the line now is that Israel is removed tired battalions and preparing to insert fresh ones for Rafah but I don't know if that will happen.

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