Tillerson On Trump’s C’Ville Response: ‘The President Speaks For Himself’

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pauses while speaking to State Department employees, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday said President Donald Trump “speaks for himself” in his wavering response to violence that erupted at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“When the President gets into the kind of controversy he does and the U.N. committee responds the way it does, it seems to say, they begin to doubt whether we’re living those values,” Chris Wallace pressed Tillerson on “Fox News Sunday.”

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination earlier in August denounced “the failure at the highest political level of the United States of America to unequivocally reject and condemn the racist violent events and demonstrations” after one person was killed when a car plowed into counter-protesters at the Charlottesville rally.

“I don’t believe anyone doubts the American people’s values or the commitment of the American government or the government’s agencies to advancing those values and defending those values,” Tillerson said on Sunday.

“And the President’s values?” Wallace pressed.

“The President speaks for himself,” Tillerson replied.

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  1. Next time your wife pressures you to take a job, Tillie, tell her to fuck off and go shopping or something.

  2. No one is holding a gun to Tillerson’s head. He could resign if he wanted to.

  3. Here’s the issue Rex:

    Rump is the fucking POTUS so, no, “Rex”, his position speaks for entire country, you goddamn imbecile.

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Looks like Kelly has told the Cabinet it’s okay for them not to defend the “President’s” indefensible views publicly. Only a matter of time before Trump reacts to this provocation.

  5. “I don’t believe anyone doubts the American people’s values or the commitment of the American government or the government’s agencies to advancing those values and defending those values,” Tillerson said on Sunday.
    “And the President’s values?” Wallace pressed.
    “The President speaks for himself,” Tillerson replied.

    Very carefully and purposely worded. The President’s so-called values are not the same as those of the vast majority of Americans and those of the American government and agencies as a whole. As U.S. Secretary of State, Tillerson is also saying that Trump does not speak for America, at least on this issue and probably on most. This is a big deal. Prepare to be the recipient of some mean tweets, Rex.

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