THE NAZI TRUMP WON’T CALL OUT
Outrage grows as Don fails to denounce killer ‘infatuated with Hitler’
THE WHITE supremacist killer ignored by President Trump was obsessed with Hitler and had radical ideas on race long before police say he drove his car into a crowd of protesters in Virginia, killing a woman and injuring 19 other people.
But the heart of 20-year-old James Fields wasn’t completely filled with hate. His mom says he had a black friend.
Fields, who was charged with second-degree murder in the Saturday attack in Charlottesville, Va., went to high school in Kentucky. Derek Weimer, his former history teacher, recalled Fields as a brilliant student but also said he was “very misguided and disillusioned.”
“A lot of boys get interested in the Germans and Nazis because they’re interested in World War II,” said Weimer, who taught Fields at Randall K. Cooper High School in Union, Ky. “But James took it to another level.”
In the interview with the Cincinnati Enquirer, Weimer described Fields’ politics as “very much along the party lines of the neo-Nazi movement.”
Weimer, 45, said Fields filed a report as a freshman on Hitler that “just went beyond the pale.”
It was early evidence of his mind-set.
“He was very infatuated with the Nazis, with Adolf Hitler,” Weimer told Cincinnati’s WCPO news channel, adding that Fields had “radical ideas on race.”
Fields was ordered held without bail and is expected to appear in court via video Monday. The Ohio man was arrested Saturday after ramming his prized Dodge Challenger into a crowd of people protesting the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.
Heather Heyer, 32, a local paralegal was killed.
Fields was photographed earlier in the day toting a shield with the Vanguard America logo, as well as the neo-Nazi group’s uniform: a white polo and khaki pants. Vanguard America denied he’s a member.
Weimer also suggested Fields was on anti-psychotic medication, which may have created a “perfect storm” when paired with his racial views.
Fields’ family later settled in Maumee in northwest Ohio, where his mother, Samantha Bloom, watched his cat while he took off for Charlottesville. Bloom told the Toledo Blade she wasn’t aware he was headed to the white nationalist rally, thinking only that his trip “had something to do with Trump.”
They’d moved to Ohio about a year earlier for Bloom’s work, and her son had moved out within the past six months, according to reports.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Bloom said she kept out of her son’s political views and suggested she didn’t think he was racist.
“He had an African-American friend, so . . .,” Bloom told The AP
before her voice trailed off.
Fields’ aunt expressed shock over the evil deed and described her nephew as socially awkward.
“He was quiet,” Pam Fields, 67, told the Daily News. “Whenever he was around the family, he didn’t engage in conversation. He would mostly just say hello. He didn’t get into conversations.
“Of course, we were shocked,” she said. “No one would ever imagine something like this.”
Trump on Sunday refused to disavow the killer or his cause, leaving underlings to fend for his administration.
The White House issued a statement condemning “white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi and all extremist groups,” as critics pounded the President for his comments Saturday blaming the “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides — on many sides.”
Vice President Pence said Trump “clearly and unambiguously” condemned the violence.
A Trump aide said the President did not want to dignify the hate groups by naming them.
Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe called on Trump to more strongly condemn those behind the rally that led to the death of Heyer and injured 19 others.
McAuliffe (photo), who joined worshipers at First Baptist Church in Charlottesville on Sunday, said the President “needs to come out stronger” against the actions of white supremacists.
“They are Nazis and they are here to hurt American citizens, and he needs to call them out for what they are, no question,” he added.
Federal authorities launched a civil rights investigation hours after the attack. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said U.S. Attorney Rick Mountcastle of the Western District of Virginia is leading the probe. “The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice,” Sessions said. Army spokeswoman Lt. Col. Jennifer Johnson said Sunday that Fields lasted just five months in basic training. He reported for training August 2016 but was released from active duty in December “for failure to meet training standards.” “As a result, he was never awarded a military occupational skill nor was he assigned to a unit outside of basic training,” an Army statement read. Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer, a Democrat, said he blamed the nation’s increasing political divisions on Trump’s refusal to disavow the support of such groups.
“Old saying — when you dance with the devil, the devil changes you,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Signer said he believes that Trump, since his days on the campaign trail, has emboldened racists and neo-Nazis across the country.
“I think they made a choice in that campaign, a very regrettable one, to really go to people’s prejudices, to go to the gutter,” he added.
The Daily Stormer, a white supremacist website that promoted the demonstration, praised Trump’s reaction.
“Nothing specific against us,” the website stated. “No condemnation at all. When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room. Really, really good. God bless him.”