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Send a message against hate, Trump
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Leave it to President Donald Trump to blame the victim. Only a few hours after stressing the importance of national unity, the president resumed his attacks on the news media and Democrats, accusing them of inciting the very crimes directed against them last week. Did anyone ever seriously doubt he would do otherwise? We've seen this pattern so many times before with Trump. And unless something changes, we'll likely see this behavior many more times.
The sad truth is: Trump is too much of a moral coward and political opportunist to ever take a strong and consistent stand against such violence. One can only hope that, come Election Day, there will be enough American voters sickened by what they are seeing that they — unlike the president — are at last willing to send a clear, unambiguous message that hate, bigotry and irrational fear of the other will not long prevail in this nation.
Joe Elliott
Asheville, N.C.
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President Donald Trump will be told by his advisers that his words matter, and he will be able to hold it together for a short time before he reverts to his inflammatory and mocking self that his adoring supporters love. Because above all, Trump needs attention and admiration. Steve Evets
Whether Trump is mentally ill or he is the stable genius that he proclaims, one thing is for sure: Trump is irresponsible with his words. In his capacity as the president, this is unacceptable. Charlie Ratt
The news media have generated as much or more hatred than the president.
From where I'm sitting, the president, the media, the left and the right are culpable. Incivility rules the day.
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