How clear does it have to be?
The events in Charlottesville, Virginia outraged the nation and are still reverberating in many people’s minds. They forced America to realize that extreme racism is still a terrible problem that must be rooted out and eliminated. But as Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel tells Good Morning America’s David Muir, the president’s statements in the aftermath of the incidents aren’t letting anyone off the hook. The president squarely assigned blame to all parties who were responsible for the events, but obviously, it was staunch racists who organized the demonstration that were the original cause. The White House named and shamed the organizations responsible, including the KKK, neo-Nazis and hardcore white supremacists.
When President Trump blamed “both sides,” politicians on the Left and the Right as well as media pundits were quick to jump in and say that his words meant that one side was being morally favored over another, which is absolute nonsense. Chairwoman McDaniel makes it unequivocally clear what Republicans’ feelings are on these issues; as McDaniel says, just because an affirmed racist like former KKK leader David Duke “congratulates” the president for his statements doesn’t mean the president endorses Duke’s positions; Duke is just as morally reprehensible as the people he represents. The president has no control over what thugs and terrorists say; he can only condemn their actions just as the vast majority of the public does.
Watch as McDaniel clarifies in no uncertain terms where Republicans stand on these matters and why what the president said should be solidly defended in the media.
