The Republican Party has reached a crucial point in its relationship with their illegitimate president. After Trump literally made an a** of himself by supporting white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and members of the KKK yesterday, never mentioning the death of Heather Heyer or the man who intentionally drove over her, he asked Washington Republicans to offer their support for his disgusting statement.

“The President was entirely correct—both sides of the violence in Charlottesville acted inappropriately, and bear some responsibility,” the memo reads, according to the report. The document goes on to accuse the media of “reacting with hysteria” to the idea that Saturday’s counter-protesters had instigated some of the violence, which left one woman dead and 19 injured. “We should not overlook the facts just because the media finds them inconvenient,” the document says, citing “cop killing and violence at political rallies” as examples of crimes by “extremists on the left.” Really? Trump continues to blame everyone else for his mistakes; his idiocy.

The last time I read about it, our country is opposed to terrorism. Hate crimes are an act of domestic terrorism. Any patriotic American cannot permit a group of men chanting Nazi slogans, and denouncing Jews to march in our streets. The first Amendment does not protect the rights of those who would repeal our Constitution in support of hatred and violence. When crimes are committed by individuals, they lose their Constitutional rights. When a group bans together to voice its hatred with the purpose of inciting violence, they must not be allowed to assemble in a public place. The protection and safety of the many voids the rights of a few.

If Republicans support Trump’s extreme right wing rhetoric, and join in their acceptance of praise from David Dukes and others, this is the beginning of the end for their party. By ignoring the great majority of our nation’s people, and supporting a very small percentage of radicals, GOP politicians would be telling the majority that ‘they don’t want or need your votes.’ For more than 20 years Republicans have ignored the majority and supported special interests, but this would be the last straw for millions of clear-thinking and patriotic Americans.

Protesting is patriotic. For Trump to suggest that those who denounced the hatred supported by this group of white supremacists were intending to create a violent atmosphere is ludicrous. However, the marchers had planned violent action long before they received their permit to hold a rally. It was not the protesters who drove a car into the crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 20 others.

Let’s see how many Republicans have courage and stand for what is right. Let’s see how many others in Trump’s party are in fact white supremacists themselves. We know several of them today; how large will their number grow?

Please re-post; thank you.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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