The political damage from Trump’s response to Charlottesville kept widening on August 20, with the White House still trying to contain a backlash that had already moved beyond ordinary partisan warfare. The core problem remained simple: Trump had failed to cleanly and forcefully isolate white supremacists after a deadly rally, then doubled back into equivocation. That left critics arguing that the president had normalized extremism at the worst possible moment. On this day, the issue was not fresh comments so much as the fact that the fallout was still gaining weight and refusing to disappear.
First recorded Aug 20, 2017·Meaningfully updated Aug 20, 2017
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Charlottesville is still eating Trump alive
The political damage from Trump’s response to Charlottesville kept widening on August 20, with the White House still trying to contain a backlash that had already moved beyond ordinary partisan warfare. The core problem remained simple: Trump had failed to cleanly and forcefully isolate white supremacists after a deadly rally, then doubled back into equivocation. That left critics arguing that the president had normalized extremism at the worst possible moment. On this day, the issue was not fr…
The political damage from Trump’s response to Charlottesville kept widening on August 20, with the White House still trying to contain a backlash that had already moved beyond ordinary partisan warfare. The core problem remained simple: Trump had failed to cleanly and forcefully isolate white supremacists after a deadly rally, then doubled back into equivocation. That left critics arguing that the president had norm…
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