President Trump's is taking heat for what he didn't say in his remarks on the Charlottesville violence. Speaking in New Jersey, Trump condemned Saturday's violence in Virginia. He called it an “egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides." What’s wrong with that? He didn’t specifically mention any of the white supremacist groups behind the "Unite the Right" rally chaos.
Now, a growing chorus of people – even those within his own party – have been chiding the President for his lack of detail. Among them, Republican Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, who tweeted quote – “Mr. President - we must call evil by its name."
President Trump was highly critical of Hillary Clinton during the election campaign for not using the term "radical Islamic terrorism." Now his words are seemingly coming back to bite him a bit. It would be nice, however, to see as much attention and criticism aimed at the knuckle dragging hate mongers who caused the death of a young woman and injuries to dozens more.
White nationalists claimed they assembled, weapons in hand I might add, in Charlottesville to vent their frustration against the city's plans to take down a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It was a thinly veiled reason for these hate mongers to gather. It's one thing to preserve history, celebrating the monsters of history, such as Hitler, is another.