For crying out loud is there any candidate that is saying flat out that this was not an act of hate? And act of racism?
As far as I've read the only ones screaming about the lack of attention to racism have been ******* liberals trying to put words into conservatives mouths.
You assholes really blow ******* dead bears.
Why Can t Republicans Admit Roof Was Racist -- NYMag
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Bizarrely, a number of conservative figures have treated Roof’s motives as unknowable. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
wrote, “we do know that we'll never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another.”
The Wall Street Journal editorializes today, “What causes young men such as Dylann Roof to erupt in homicidal rage, whatever their motivation, is a problem that defies explanation beyond the reality that evil still stalks humanity.”
Jeb Bush, appearing at the Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference, said, “I don't know what was on the mind or the heart of the man who committed these atrocious crimes.” When pressed for a follow-up by the
Huffington Post, Bush continued to equivocate:
"It was a horrific act and I don't know what the background of it is, but it was an act of hatred," Bush said.
Asked again whether the shooting was because of race, Bush added, "I don't know. Looks like to me it was, but we'll find out all the information. It's clear it was an act of raw hatred, for sure. Nine people lost their lives, and they were African-American. You can judge what it is."
What’s genuinely mysterious is not just why conservatives believe such nonsense but why they feel obliged to say it. After all, the Republican Party may be in general denial about the persistence of racism as a continuing force in American life, and openly racist whites may be a part of their constituency (just as they have long been part of the Democratic Party’s constituency).
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