{"id":40968,"date":"2017-08-17T05:08:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T05:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40968"},"modified":"2017-08-17T05:08:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T05:08:27","slug":"bush-presidents-wade-into-trump-furore-over-charlottesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/bush-presidents-wade-into-trump-furore-over-charlottesville.html","title":{"rendered":"Bush presidents wade into Trump furore over Charlottesville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bush presidents wade into Trump furore over Charlottesville<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Bush presidents wade into Trump furore over Charlottesville:- Former Presidents George HW Bush and George W Bush have called on the US to “reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism and hatred in all forms”.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are the latest Republican figures to weigh in on the backlash to Donald Trump’s latest remarks blaming “both sides” for violent clashes in Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

It culminated with a woman’s death and nearly 20 wounded when a car ploughed into a crowd at the far-right rally.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mr Trump disbanded his jobs councils amid an exodus of CEOs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Representatives from companies like Merck, Under Armour, and Intel had quit the group over Mr Trump’s reaction to the events in Charlottesville.<\/span><\/p>\n

Republican elected officials around the country expressed outrage when Mr Trump appeared to defend the organisers.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As we pray for Charlottesville, we are reminded of the fundamental truths recorded by that city’s most prominent citizen in the Declaration of Independence: we are all created equal and endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights,” a statement from the two former presidents said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We know these truths to be everlasting because we have seen the decency and greatness of our country.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday have sparked a heated debate on US race relations.<\/span><\/p>\n

A public memorial for Heather Heyer, the woman who was fatally struck by a car that ploughed into a group of anti-racism protesters, was held on Wednesday in Charlottesville.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her mother, Susan Bro, delivered a powerful speech calling on people to “find a way to make a difference”. She added it was “just the beginning of Heather’s legacy, not the end”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They killed my child to shut her up. Well guess what, you just magnified her,” she said before the crowd erupted into a standing ovation.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’d rather have my child, but by golly, if I’m going to give her up, we’re going to make it count,” she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fallout from Mr Trump’s comments on Tuesday continued in Washington, where Republican lawmakers reacted angrily.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many echoed House Speaker Paul Ryan who said: “White supremacy is repulsive.. There can be no moral ambiguity.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think there is blame on both sides,” Mr Trump told reporters at a tense press conference at Trump Tower in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

For some top Republicans lately, Donald Trump is He Who Cannot Be Named.<\/span><\/p>\n

They find it easy to condemn white supremacists and the hate that motivated the violence in Charlottesville, but when it comes time to single the president out for blame – up to and including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan – the criticism becomes oblique and the condemnation implied.<\/span><\/p>\n

Administration officials are treading even more carefully. Chief of Staff John Kelly may have repeatedly winced on Tuesday, but he’s back on the job today. Gary Cohn, the president’s senior-most economic adviser, reportedly told friends he was “disgusted” by the president’s actions – but not so much that he would speak out on the record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps some Republicans – with an eye on polls showing his support among the party faithful largely holding strong – are reluctant to draw the ire of a president known to keep close tabs on his friends and foes.<\/span><\/p>\n

While outrage over the president’s response to Charlottesville has reached a frenzied pitch, storms like this have erupted before and moved on, leaving Mr Trump still standing.<\/span>
\n“This too shall pass” isn’t always a balm for the distraught. It can also be a warning.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You had a group on one side that was bad. You had a group on the other side that was also very violent. Nobody wants to say that. I’ll say it right now.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“What about the alt-left that came charging… at the, as you say, the alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt? (…) There are two sides to a story,” Mr Trump said in response to one reporter.<\/span><\/p>\n

He condemned the driver of the car, but said those who had marched in defence of the statue had included “many fine people”.<\/span><\/p>\n

His comments were said to have caught senior White House officials off guard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the news conference, the White House sent a set official talking points to Republican congressmen, urging them to say Mr Trump was “entirely correct” in his latest remarks on Charlottesville.<\/span><\/p>\n

“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,” a bullet point read.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Trump’s remarks were welcomed by David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, who tweeted: “Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM\/Antifa.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But many others strongly condemned the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday it was important to condemn far-right views “wherever we hear them”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I see no equivalence between those who propound fascist views and those who oppose them,” she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the reactions of some 55 Republican and Democrat politicians collected by the Washington Post, only the spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, Kayleigh McEnany, expressed her support.<\/span><\/p>\n

Veteran Republican Senator John McCain tweeted: “There is no moral equivalency between racists & Americans standing up to defy hate & bigotry.”<\/span><\/p>\n

One of Mr Trump’s former rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Marco Rubio sent a series of tweets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO trade union federation, became the fifth prominent business leader to resign from President Trump’s advisory body, the American Manufacturing Council, over the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

In another development, the response of former President Barack Obama to the violence in Charlottesville has become the most-liked tweet ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

The message, quoting Nelson Mandela, reads: “No-one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-40946386<\/span><\/p>\n

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