A man believed to have white supremacist links stabbed two other men to death on a Portland, Ore., mass transit rail line the other day.
The victims were breaking up a disturbance involving a man and two young women. The man was verbally attacking them; one of the women was wearing a Muslim hijab.
Police have arrested Jeremy Joseph Christian, who’s been charged with murder.
Meanwhile, back in the White House, the president of the United States was blazing away on his Twitter account blasting “fake news,” and congratulating the winner of a Montana special election after he “body slammed” a reporter.
Where was Donald Trump’s outrage at the senseless murder in Portland?
He weighed in today — finally, saying that the “violent attacks in Portland are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/them.”
According to the Huffington Post: “Not one of Trump’s personal Twitter messages mentioned Portland, the two deceased men being hailed as ‘heroes,’ or a condemnation of the attacker’s actions that are being investigated by police as a hate crime.”
Is it me or does this expression of presidential emotion seem just a bit tepid?
It’s very tepid. The Tweet wasn’t even on the account Trump normally (over)uses. He usually tweets on @RealDonaldTrump. This was on @POTUS. Personally, I think Barack Obama still has the password to @POTUS and sent this tweet. Kidding. But it wasn’t Trump, it was a staff member. Trump doesn’t care about this city at all.