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There have been protests in St. Louis for four days, but Trump hasn’t acknowledged them
Washington Post ^ | September 18, 2017 | By Eugene Scott

Posted on 09/18/2017 2:47:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

This is the fourth day of protests in St. Louis after the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, who had been charged with murder in the shooting of a black driver, and President Trump still hasn't said anything.

He found time Sunday to retweet a GIF of himself hitting his 2016 presidential rival in the back with a golf ball, a projection of his estimated value to Twitter (approximately $2 billion) and a cartoon showing him literally bringing jobs back to the United States from overseas.

But he has yet to comment — on Twitter or otherwise — on an incident that is a microcosm of one of the major conversations during the presidential campaign: the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color.

There must be a way for Trump to address the strife in a state he won while continuing to respect his base. For a president who has record low favorability ratings, particularly among black voters, Trump's silence seems to confirm one of their biggest fears about his administration: that Trump does not care about the challenges affecting black Americans.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: bias; fakenews; journalism; riots; soros; stlouis; stlouisprotests; trumpstlouis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And?


41 posted on 09/18/2017 3:34:02 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: shanover

.. holocaust of black on black violence ...

I could be wrong, but the Chicago gang violence is between bloods, crips, and Mexican/El Salvador drug players. It’s black-on-brown-on black.


42 posted on 09/18/2017 3:39:45 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thugs breaking glass are not a concern for the President of the United States. They are a local law enforcement issue unless the local police request help in arresting all those criminals. Don’t make a federal case out of local thugs being thugs.


43 posted on 09/18/2017 3:43:34 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why should he acknowledge rioting criminals that the local and state government could take care of, if they had the will to do so?


44 posted on 09/18/2017 3:45:39 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
For a president who has record low favorability ratings, particularly among black voters, Trump's silence seems to confirm one of their biggest fears about his administration: that Trump does not care about the challenges affecting black Americans.

No, he just doesn't give a sh!t when useless people with too much time on their hands conduct demonstrations over bullsh!t that isn't important on a national scale.

45 posted on 09/18/2017 3:48:02 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, for one thing, no matter what President Trump says; the left will turn it into something ugly and lie about it so why should he? It’s an internal matter at St. Louis.


46 posted on 09/18/2017 3:50:40 PM PDT by Boomer (Can we ban the name associated with the initials HRC for a decade please?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
... President Trump still hasn't said anything.

Because the protesters rioters don't have a legitimate gripe. They just can't handle the truth.

47 posted on 09/18/2017 3:56:03 PM PDT by libertylover (Inhabitants of Earth with any freedom probably have the USA to thank.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not his circus...


48 posted on 09/18/2017 4:03:21 PM PDT by steve8714 (Primary ALL Republican senators. Yeah, all.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Post’s equivalent to excrement:the content.


49 posted on 09/18/2017 4:03:39 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What does he need to ‘acknowledge’? That a man was acquitted and we are a nation of laws not mobs? Seems to me the protestors are the ones who need to acknowledge - the ruling of their peers.


50 posted on 09/18/2017 4:25:28 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
feh...
51 posted on 09/18/2017 4:41:21 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good. I got tired of Obama commenting on every single thing that happened in the world. Nothing wrong with Trump staying quiet on this.


52 posted on 09/18/2017 5:53:55 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just how should he honor a bunch of rioters and looters with a tweet?


53 posted on 09/18/2017 5:59:33 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Stop killing us! How many black folk’s lives did the heroin dealer destroy?


54 posted on 09/18/2017 6:44:59 PM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: aquila48

Don Lemon’s lover?


55 posted on 09/18/2017 8:19:19 PM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: EagleUSA

Yes! These are not protests. They are planned riots. It’s time for the cops to start shooting anyone who hurls a brick at them. Some parts of the country are becoming ungovernable.


56 posted on 09/18/2017 10:08:06 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The WaaaaaaaPo and others hoping Trump will comments so they can spin and lie to try to hurt him. Must suck to be them and be so stupid against a smart target....


57 posted on 09/19/2017 3:17:20 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Eagles6

Exactly. Don’t these idiots realize that with this guy gone, incarcerated or otherwise, that their community is better for it? It isn’t the rich white paid for protesters that suffer the consequences of a terrible person like this guy but the people in his community.

If they want to discuss the root causes of why this guy was such a bad apple, then great. But it will require some serious introspection.


58 posted on 09/19/2017 7:08:21 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: nobamanomore

Too true...

And of course there’s the obvious: “We prefer to kill ourselves in fare larger numbers than the police every have.”

Now, back to trashing the police brothas...


59 posted on 09/19/2017 1:00:42 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (DACA: Their dream, our nightmare... will the rule of law prevail or not?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah, yeah. This is the same as Charlotte: “Trump is evil because he doesn’t say exactly what we demand.” This doesn’t even rise to the level of Fake Journalism, it’s utterly brainless agitprop.


60 posted on 09/19/2017 1:04:14 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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