Well, if you are a republican in congress or a conservative opinion writer it make take forever. What happened in Charlottesville ruffled a few republicans in congress to criticize Trump's double talk response to the violence but they still support him. New York's republican representative in the U.S. House Peter King said Trump's white house strategist Steve Bannon should be fired and his time in the white house should be over.
Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker said Trump has not demonstrated stability or competence or that he understands what has made this nation great. Times Picayune conservative opinion writer Tim Morris in an article dated 8/16 said Trump needs to remove the alt-right influence in the white house starting with Steve Bannon, a key Trump adviser. A few other republicans in congress followed and criticized Trump's double talk.
Steve Bannon was the top man at Breitbart, a right wing extremist publication that supported white nationalist and other extreme causes. Trump hired him to work in his 2016 campaign as chief strategist, stayed on after Trump's election and was appointed by Trump to sit on the National Security Council which he had no experience. Bannon was quoted as saying racial strife was a winning issue for Trump
Of course, the republicans in congress and Tim Morris knew of Bannon's back ground from day one and were silent the whole time until Charlottesville. They were even aware of Trump's willingness to play up to various hate groups as part of his base. The main street media exposed the relationship between Trump and Bannon to their credit and also the right wing ideology they were pushing.
Hillary Clinton and the democratic party also warned of the relationship and spoke out about the dangers of Trump's willingness to accept the support of hate groups. Clinton even made a point of it during the debates and spoke out forcefully against hate, racism and bigotry. There were no doubts where she stood. There was timely warning before hand and as we now know was not really a political warning but a warning how giving hate groups legitimacy would compromise what America stands for.
Hillary Clinton was also right about every thing she said that Trump was not qualified to be President. What she predicted would happen if Trump was elected President has happened. And in a few weeks, the republicans in congress and Tim Morris will have forgotten about the President's Un-American response to the tragic events at Charlottesville and continue their support for Trump and their own right wing agenda. They will also go back to their ditto head game of passing the buck and blame on any thing democratic.
It took a tragedy to bring some republicans and Tim Morris around to recognize and admit the truth about Trump, Bannon and their connection to hate, racism and bigotry. Fifty four percent of the voting public understood the connection early on and voted against Donald Trump in the November general election. And the crooked candidate in that race was Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton not only won the popular vote by a wide margin, when the election ended, she emerged as THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MORAL CHARACTER TO TELL THE TRUTH. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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