Four Days After Deadly Charlottesville Rally, Trump Has Yet To Call Mayor

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By SUMMER CONCEPCION Published AUGUST 16, 2017 4:17 PM

Four days after the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, the city’s mayor has yet to receive a call from President Trump, according to a report.

“He was supposed to call me on Saturday,” Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer told VICE News. “I heard word from an aide right when it was happening, and I didn’t hear from him. They said, ‘Do you want to talk to him?’ And I said, ‘I’d be happy to.’”

The White House did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.

On Monday, Signer said he is “kind of finished talking about the President” for not taking a harder stance against hate groups following the attack at a rally where a self-proclaimed white supremacist drove his car into a crowd of counter protestors, leaving three dead and dozens injured. Signer also slammed the President on Sunday for what he called the Trump campaign’s “intentional courting” of white supremacist groups.

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[Blue Idaho]

1. Hope the mayor isn't waiting for the call.

Trump is too busy calling the KKK and Nazi leaders he supports.

[left-of-center2012]

2. Give Trump a break !

He's busy golfing
and grabbing p***Y.

[Bengus81]

3. Trump...I'll call him.....tomorrow. Now watch this drive!

[turbinetree]

4. He still hasn't said anything about the three marines being lost killed off

the coast of Australia------------------this idiot has no empathy, he's a narcissistic ass*****.

He couldn't even bring himself to go down to the memorial and speak (he could have cancelled those meeting), but he could put out on some tweet, that gives that warm fuzzy feeling of caring. He didn't even mention the young woman's name yesterday , what a total insult, what BS

[Blue_Tires]

5. Why would he? The mayor is a Dem...

[Demit]

6. The car driving into the crowd didn't leave three dead, did it?

Did two other victims succumb to their injuries? Or is the author referring to the two police in the helicopter crash?

[Leghorn21]

8. Badly written, Demit - Heather Heyer died at the scene of the crash, then the two officers

were in that helicopter crash (which is so - crazy, that that even happened, jeeze, seriously) - some of the injured in the crash were in critical condition, but I've heard no updates -

[Demit]

10. That's what I figured. I hate sloppy writing. Hope nobody uses her piece for reference.

[rurallib]

7. The mayor's call will be right after he calls that mosque in Bloomington, Mn.

I think Trump could use a vacation!

[sandensea]

9. Mayor Signer's lucky Cheeto doesn't cause traffic problems in Charlottesville.

Like a certain adviser is probably urging him to do.