Tuesday, August 15, 2017

PRESIDENTIAL SHOUTOUT FOR TRUTH

I'm kind of delighted that President Trump took the time and made the effort to point out the truth about the riot in Charlottesville. He said what needed to be said and it's about time somebody did.
“What about the 'alt-left' that came charging at, as you say, the 'alt-right'? Do they have any semblance of guilt?” Trump said. “They came charging with clubs in their hands,” he said of the counter-protesters.
Trump effectively reopened the debate — saying "there is blame on both sides" — despite insistence from politicians in both parties that white supremacists and other racists deserved to be singled out.
“You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that, but I’ll say it,” he said.
Trump defended the cause of those who gathered to protest the removal of a statue honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy.
“Was George Washington a slave owner. So will George Washington lose his status?” he said. “What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? You like him? ... You’re changing history. You’re changing culture.”
While Trump condemned the driver who rammed the crowd and killed a counter-protester, he declined to label the action specifically as an act of terrorism.
“The driver of the car is a disgrace to himself, his family and his country,” Trump said. “You can call it terrorism; you can call it murder. You can call it whatever you want.”
I'm honestly surprised that the Washington Post of all the Fake News, printed his remarks. I'm pretty sure they thought that by doing so, they would hurt the President.

What the pussy hat wearers say is interesting. The fake news eunuchs are over the moon in their disdain for the truth.
Donald Trump launched an extraordinary and angry defense of his performance in the wake of the Charlottesville riots Tuesday in a free-wheeling, finger-pointing confrontation with the press at Trump Tower.  
He lashed out at his critics following a botched response to the weekend's Charlottesville murder, insisting that a violent 'alt-left' mob came to protests ready for war but a dishonest news media is shielding them from blame. 
The president even defended elements of the far-right protest, claiming some were 'fine people' protesting against the removal of Confederate symbols.  
'You had some fine people. But you also had trouble makers,' he said during a Q&A session in the lobby of Trump Tower – an event that was supposed to be a press event about infrastructure projects. 
'You see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and the baseball bats,' he said, describing what he said had happened in the Virginia college town.
Honestly? I didn't see a botched response. I saw truth spoken to donkeys.

4 comments:

OldAFSarge said...

The Left fears the Truth.

As I write this comment I see the quote from Sir Edward Grey over on the sidebar. Now the lights are going out in the U.S.

I fear for my country.

Captain Steve said...

Spot on. Telling the truth apparently offends people, so it must be suppressed.

HMS Defiant said...

I liked the quote when I first read it in a book by Tuchman. I liked it's counterpart spoken at roughly the same time by Jackie Fisher, "Fear God and Dread nought."The only book I regret leaving behind was his autobiography.

HMS Defiant said...

I'm not a social butterfly but I do so enjoy parties and from time to time, I can insert a little truth to the mix with a laugh and gesture.The 'woke' hear and understand and laugh, the sheep are left looking up in confusion.