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Charlottesville Fallout Still Owned the News Cycle

The weekend violence in Charlottesville kept chewing through Trump’s political capital on August 10, as his failure to cleanly condemn white supremacy continued to dominate the conversation. The problem was not just bad optics. It was that every attempt to move on only reminded everyone that he had blurred the moral line in the first place.

Why it matters: Charlottesville hangover

First recorded Aug 10, 2017·Meaningfully updated Aug 10, 2017

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Charlottesville Fallout Still Owned the News Cycle

The weekend violence in Charlottesville kept chewing through Trump’s political capital on August 10, as his failure to cleanly condemn white supremacy continued to dominate the conversation. The problem was not just bad optics. It was that every attempt to move on only reminded everyone that he had blurred the moral line in the first place.

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Charlottesville Fallout Still Owned the News Cycle

The weekend violence in Charlottesville kept chewing through Trump’s political capital on August 10, as his failure to cleanly condemn white supremacy continued to dominate the conversation. The problem was not just bad optics. It was that every attempt to move on only reminded everyone that he had blurred the moral line in the first place.

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