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applegrove

(118,900 posts)
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 07:28 PM Aug 2017

Rex Tillerson on President Trumps values: The president speaks for himself

by Taylor Link at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/27/rex-tillerson-on-president-trumps-values-the-president-speaks-for-himself/

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday on Fox News that President Donald Trump doesn’t speak for the American people.

Asked by Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” if Trump speaks for the values of the United States, Tillerson provided an answer that will likely define Trump’s legacy.

“The president speaks for himself, Chris,” Tillerson said.

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“Failure at the highest political level . . . to unequivocally reject and condemn the racist violent events and demonstration . . .” a statement from the U.N. committee on the elimination of racial discrimination said.


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Rex Tillerson on President Trumps values: The president speaks for himself (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP
Rex Tillerson will be gone by New Year's Day. democratisphere Aug 2017 #1
Truly shocking statement. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2017 #2
He almost got it right SHRED Aug 2017 #3
The followup should've been " so does that mean Trump does NOT speak for America?" uponit7771 Aug 2017 #4

JohnnyLib2

(11,212 posts)
2. Truly shocking statement.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 08:35 PM
Aug 2017

Hmmmm. Distancing himself or oblivious to the weight of that remark? Who knows these days?

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
3. He almost got it right
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:26 PM
Aug 2017

tRump speaks for the Republican Party.
They support him.
No separation. Don't let them.

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