https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... -protests/
He also lays into Trump, Graham and McConnell. It'll be interesting to see if it garners any reaction. Trump's never addressed Pop or Kerr's criticisms from what I can recall. Maybe he doesn't care or maybe it's not a fight he wants to start but he usually goes right after those who go after him.“The thing that strikes me is that we all see this police violence and racism, and we’ve seen it all before, but nothing changes. That’s why these protests have been so explosive. But without leadership and an understanding of what the problem is, there will never be change. And white Americans have avoided reckoning with this problem forever, because it’s been our privilege to be able to avoid it. That also has to change.”
“He’s not just divisive. He’s a destroyer. To be in his presence makes you die. He will eat you alive for his own purposes. I’m appalled that we have a leader who can’t say ‘black lives matter.’ That’s why he hides in the White House basement. He is a coward. He creates a situation and runs away like a grade-schooler. Actually, I think it’s best to ignore him. There is nothing he can do to make this better because of who he is: a deranged idiot.”