As we’ve been discussing Whataboutism in its various forms and manifestations, knee-jerk and otherwise, I was wondering about Trump’s remarks in his Fox News interview. He was unhappy with the coverage of the bomber-guy, and among other things, he contrasted it to the news coverage of the Dylann Roof shooting:
President Trump complained Monday about the news coverage he has received related to the alleged pipe bomber, saying a different standard was applied to then-President Barack Obama when nine black worshipers were killed at a church in Charleston, S.C., during his tenure.
Trump highlighted the contrast during a wide-ranging interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News, who pointed out that Cesar Sayoc, who allegedly sent more than a dozen mail bombs to leading Democrats and CNN, was a big Trump fan. None of the devices exploded.
“I was in the headline of The Washington Post, my name associated with this crazy bomber,” Trump said. “They didn’t do that with President Obama with the church, the horrible situation with the church — they didn’t do that.”
Do you think that this particular comparison is a valid argument on his part? How do you respond to this? He also talked about the Hodgkinson shooting, but the Rooff comparison was more striking.
Every single time this man opens his mouth I continue to be flabbergasted that there are people supporting him and actually believe he is incredibly intelligent. The dumbing down of our society has not only begun, but we are in full swing at this point.
It’s pretty obvious that Obama’s continued disparaging remarks about the Black, churchgoing community, as well as his overt embrace of white nationalists was what radicalized Dylan Roof.
Fake news enemy of the people CNN of course only covered his messiah rallies.
The problem then is when the media points out or starts talking about how different both incident were, the reaction by both president and other purely factual stuff it’s automatically assumed the media is attacking him. How can you have rational discussion when things are like that?
Less then 24 hours after the bombs were shipped to a major media outlet he calls em fake news, rails against one of the democrats who had a bomb shipped by calling him crazy scum( can’t remember the exact phrase) but somehow we, the media and everyone else have to keep quiet and accept that this should be normal…not only no but ■■■■ no!
