Charlottesville Mayor: ‘I’m Finished’ With ‘Talking About The President’

Charlottesville mayor, Mike Signer, right, gestures during a news conference as Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, center, and Virginia Secretary of Public safety, Brian Moran,left, as  they address the the Alt Right rally and violence in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, right, gestures during a news conference concerning the white nationalist rally and violence as Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, center, and Virginia Secretary of Public safety Brian ... Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, right, gestures during a news conference concerning the white nationalist rally and violence as Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, center, and Virginia Secretary of Public safety Brian Moran, left, listen in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) MORE LESS
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Following President Donald Trump’s failure to condemn white supremacy after violence broke out at a rally in Charlottesville, Va. Saturday, the city’s mayor joined the chorus of Republican and Democratic politicians alike criticizing the President for not taking a harder stance against racism and white supremacists groups following the attack.

“Look I think a lot of this speaks for itself. We saw the campaign they ran, we saw the folks they surround themselves with, we saw with David Duke, people like that, say about the President. I’m kind of finished talking about the President,” Mayor Michael Signer (D) said, appearing on “Morning Joe” Monday. “The nation is speaking with one voice about what they saw here and what needs to happen next.”

He said he hopes his city will become “synonymous” with the move to “at long last turning the page on this horrific chapter in American politics where bigots and the fringe of the fringe were invited to the mainstream out from the shadows where they belong. That, I think, just came to an end this weekend,” he said.

The mayor’s comments follow remarks he made over the weekend, accusing Trump of “courting” white supremacists after Trump initially failed to condemn the fringe group for the attack at a rally where a self-proclaimed white supremacist drove his car into a crowd of counter protestors, leaving three dead and dozens injured.

Signer called the attack “modern day domestic terrorism” and said the issues that arise as southern cities work to change the confederacy narrative in their communities are “extremely complicated.”

“Anybody trying to reduce them to a tweet, to something that will fit into 140 characters just doesn’t fit into the debate,” he said.

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  1. It was terrorism, and a failure to call it that is support of terrorism.

    Our President supports terrorism. And the American terrorists know it.

  2. He said a lot in a little there, and I hope it’s not wrong to assume that unpacked it means he’s one of a growing number of people who see Trump as so bizarre intellectually and emotionally that he’s simply incapable of playing a role in this society that involves any kind of public responsibility. Everyone else tried to warn the GOP that he wasn’t up to it and couldn’t be normalized. But they persisted. They had to see for themselves. And here we are, with white supremacists killing people and the President unable to condemn them by name. God willing, this whole society will be done with Trump soon.

  3. Leadership-some have it and some don’t. The contrast couldn’t be clearer

  4. The ones who do understand that the core of it is a taking of responsibility. Trump’s incapable of that.

  5. Yep. This line right here.

    “Anybody trying to reduce them to a tweet, to something that will fit into 140 characters just doesn’t fit into the debate,” he said.

    A great, “Shut the fuck up Donny. The adults are talking.” Should be the first line out of every democrats mouth when asked about every and any forthcoming twitter screed.

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