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Analysis: Why won’t Donald Trump condemn white nationalism?

By JULIE PACE es that left dozens injured
AP Washington Bureau and one woman dead,
Chief he condemned hatred,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Why bigotry and violence “on
doesn’t President Donald many sides.” The president
Trump just unequivocally was silent when journalists
condemn white suprema- asked whether he rejected
cists? the support of nationalist
It’s a jarring question to groups.
ask about an American That silence was cheered
president. But it’s also one by the white suprema-
made unavoidable by cist website Daily Stormer:
Trump’s delayed, blame- “When asked to condemn,
both-sides response to he just walked out of the
the violence that erupted room. Really, really good.
Saturday when neo-Nazis, God bless him.”
skinheads and members of Trump denies that he’s rac-
the Ku Klux Klan protested ist or sympathetic to such
in Charlottesville, Virginia. groups. Son-in-law Jared
Trump has faced such a Kushner, the grandson of
moment before — one Holocaust survivors, and
that would have certainly daughter Ivanka, who
drawn swift, almost pre- converted to Judaism, are President Donald Trump speaks about the ongoing situation in Charlottesville, Va., at Trump
dictable condemnations among those who have National Golf Club, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J.
from his recent predeces- defended the president Associated Press
sors, regardless of party. As against those charges.
a candidate and now as Still, he has a history of en-
president, when racial ten- gaging in high-profile, ra-
sions flared or fringe groups cially fraught battles. accounts that appeared to politic things. Some sup- with biased or inaccurate
rallied around his message, Early in his career as a have ties to white national- porters cheered him for reports.
Trump has shown unchar- developer, Trump fought ist groups. And he was slow being someone who said Charlottesville’s mayor,
acteristic caution and a re- charges of bias against to reject the endorsement what they could not. Democrat Mike Signer, said
luctance to distance him- blacks seeking to rent at his of former KKK leader David Democrats frequently as- Sunday that Trump made
self from the hate. family-owned apartment Duke. sert that Trump sees a politi- a choice during his cam-
At times, his approach has complexes. He long pro- Some of the president’s cal advantage in courting paign to “go right to the
seemingly inflamed racial moted the lie that the na- friends and advisers have the support of the far right. gutter, to play on our worst
tensions in a deeply divid- tion’s first black president, argued that Trump is simply Indeed, he has benefited prejudices.”
ed country while embold- Barack Obama, was not refusing to bend to liberals’ politically from the backing “I think you are seeing a
ening groups long in the born in the United States. As desire for political correct- of media outlets such as direct line from what hap-
shadows. a candidate, he proposed ness. A boastful, proudly Breitbart or InfoWars. They pened here this weekend
On Saturday, as Trump temporarily banning Mus- disruptive politician, Trump have consistently promot- to those choices,” Signer
read slowly through a lims from the United States. often has been rewarded ed Trump and torn down said on CBS’ “Face the
statement about the clash- He retweeted a post from for saying impolite and im- his opponents, sometimes Nation.”q

Law scholars urge Trump to keep program for young immigrants

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS dent, told The Associated district court case to chal-
Associated Press Press the letter details why lenge the DACA program
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) the program, which has unless the Trump adminis-
— A group of legal scholars helped around 750,000 im- tration acts to phase it out.
is urging President Donald migrants, is legal. Meanwhile, 20 Democratic
Trump to keep a program “It’s a very successful pro- attorneys general led by
protecting hundreds of gram, and we layout the Xavier Becerra of Califor-
thousands of young im- legality,” nia are asking Trump to
migrants from deportation said Olivas, one of the au- keep the program.
and is outlining a legal ar- thors of the letter. “It is not Last month, then-Home-
gument to maintain it. unconstitutional as some land Security Secretary
Around 100 law professors have suggested.” John Kelly told Hispanic
and immigration attorneys Federal courts have ruled lawmakers that the pro-
are scheduled Monday to the president can use gram is likely illegal, though
send Trump an open letter “prosecutorial discretion” he personally supports it.
arguing the president has to give certain immigrants, The program gives work
the legal authority to pre- like these young migrants, Immigration rights activist Celia Yamasaki, of San Antonio, permits to young people
serve the Obama adminis- temporary protective sta- Texas, urges Republican lawmakers in Florida to firmly oppose brought to the U.S. as chil-
tration program known as tus, the scholars said. President Donald Trump’s proposals to increase funding for im- dren.
Deferred Action for Child- The Trump administration migration enforcement as deadlines for budget decisions near Trump pledged as a can-
hood Arrivals, or DACA. has said it still has not de- in Congress, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Doral, Fla. didate to immediately end
Associated Press
Michael Olivas, a law pro- cided the program’s fate. the program. But as presi-
fessor at the University of A group of Republican at- dent, he has said those im-
Houston Law Center and torneys general has called tion to phase out the pro- eral Ken Paxton and others migrants will not be targets
Santa Fe, New Mexico, resi- on the Trump administra- gram. Texas Attorney Gen- have threated to amend a
for deportation.q