President Trump is ‘a voice for unity and calm’
The Republican National Committee didn’t respond to requests for an opposing view.
The White House communications office put out these talking points after President Trump’s remarks at Trump Tower on Tuesday:
•The president was entirely correct — both sides of the violence in Charlottesville acted inappropriately and bear some responsibility.
•Despite the criticism, the president reaffirmed some of our most important founding principles: We are equal in the eyes of our creator, equal under the law and equal under our Constitution.
He has been a voice for unity and calm, encouraging the country to “rediscover the bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together as Americans.”
He called for the end of violence on all sides so that no more innocent lives would be lost.
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•Over the weekend, the president condemned, with no ambiguity, the hate groups fueled by bigotry and racism. On Monday, he did so by name. But for the media, that will never be enough.
The media reacted with hysteria to the notion that counterprotesters showed up with clubs spoiling for a fight, a fact that reporters on the ground have repeatedly stated.
Even a New York Times reporter tweeted that she “saw club-wielding ‘antifa’ (anti-fascist demonstrators) beating white nationalists being led out of the park.” The local ACLU chapter also tweeted that.
•We should not overlook the facts just because the media finds them inconvenient.
From cop killing and violence at political rallies, to shooting at congressmen at a practice baseball game, extremists on the left have engaged in terrible acts of violence.
The president is taking swift action to hold violent hate groups accountable. The Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into this weekend’s deadly car attack.
Last Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it had completed the largest prosecution of white supremacists in the nation’s history.
•Leaders and the media in our country should join the president in trying to unite and heal our country rather than incite more division.