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Merck CEO quits Trump council after Trump fails to condemn white supremacy
Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier quit President Trump’s manufacturing council on Monday after Trump failed to condemn white supremacists.
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Trump condemns ‘white supremacists,’ vows ‘justice will be delivered’ in Charlottesville attack
President Trump on Monday specifically called out “white supremacists” and “neo-Nazis” in the wake of deadly weekend clashes in Charlottesville, vowing “justice will be delivered” to the perpetrators.
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Trump ‘seriously considering’ a pardon for Sheriff Joe Arpaio
President Trump may soon issue a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the colorful former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty two weeks ago of criminal contempt for defying a state judge’s order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants.
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Two days later, Trump condemns racism
President Donald Trump directly condemned white supremacists and neo-Nazis in a statement from the White House Monday afternoon.
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‘Racism is Evil’ — Donald Trump Condemns KKK, Neo-Nazis, and White Supremacists
President Donald Trump denounced hate groups at the White House on Monday, responding to critics of his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virgina surrounding an alt-right rally. “Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,” Trump said. The president made his remarks in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House after meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the FBI Director Chris Wray. “Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of America,” Trump said. He specifically named Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman killed during the protests after a reported Nazi sympathizer allegedly drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters. “Her death fills us with grief and we send her family our thoughts, our prayers, and our love,” Trump said. Trump confirmed that the FBI and the Department of Justice were investigating the car attack, vowing to hold accountable any of the protesters who committed a crime during the violence in Charlottesville on Saturday. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of
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Trump: DOJ has opened civil rights investigation into Virginia car attack
President Trump on Monday said the Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the “deadly car attack that killed 1 American.”
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Has Trump reached the bottom, or can he fall further?
Every day brings an opportunity to hear someone say, “It’s hard to imagine a more damaging thing for Trump to say.”
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Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.14.17
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
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GOP senator: racist groups think ‘they have a friend’ in Trump
When white supremacists see Donald Trump as a source of inspiration, Trump’s responsibility to condemn these supporters becomes more acute.
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