Tom Bossert: Trump Was Not Drawing Moral Equivalency with His Remarks on Charlottesville

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BOSSERT: "But I will double down and be very clear and direct with you for a fourth time that the violence we saw yesterday is unacceptable. There is no equivocation in my mind, in my voice or in my eyes. If I haven’t made it clear enough to you. I will answer it a fifth time and I will do it all day. What is important for you and your viewers to understand, the president feels that way, as well. What you’re trying to get at and what you’re trying to drive here is why the president didn’t say something different or say something more. I believe that the subset of all the groups and all the people who might justify their insanity or violence are covered by the president’s cleared denunciation yesterday and declaring racial bigotry unacceptable is a very smart and calming thing for the president to do. It was a leadership decision he took. Also important to remember that he spoke in the moment and at a time when calm had not yet been restored. To the extent that there were groups clashing at the moment in time of the context of his remarks, I think you should think that through or your viewers should as they interpret his remarks. That's not a moral equivalency. It's not a moral equivalency to preach love either. It’s not meant to not condemn hate, but meant to offer a counterview that could allow us to move forward and heal."