John Oliver urges conservatives to condemn Trump’s Charlottesville response: ‘Say his name’
August 22, 2017 by admin
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While some observers think Steve Bannon’s Friday ouster from the White House could be a turning point, John Oliver doesn’t see it that way.
“The truly depressing thing about Steve Bannon’s departure is how unsatisfying it is,” he said Sunday on “Last Week Tonight.” “One panderer to white nationalists has left the White House, but the one he was working for is still very much there.”
In case there was any doubt, he was referring to President Trump, who on Tuesday once again suggested an equivalence between the white nationalist protesters who gathered in Charlottesville, Va. last weekend and the counter-protesters who opposed them. One of the counter-protesters, 32-year-old Heather Heyer, was killed.
Oliver focused on the Republican politicians and conservative pundits, many of whom he claimed were eager to distance themselves from such overt displays of racism yet unwilling to condemn Trump by name.
“You can mention him, he’s not Voldemort,” Oliver said. “The problem with not mentioning him is that it suggests that he is somehow not a key part of the problem here.”
According to “Last Week Tonight,” only 54 of nearly 300 congressional Republicans specifically denounced Trump — or roughly 20%.
Commentators, such as Fox News host Melissa Francis, also got defensive about their refusal to disavow the president.
“If you’re getting emotionally overwhelmed and feeling judged for defending Trump in his Nazi-sympathizer phase, stop… doing it,” Oliver said. “It’s that simple.”
Inspired by the lyrics of Destiny’s Child, Oliver urged Republicans to “say his name, say his name, go right onto Fox News, say, ‘Donald, I condemn you, if you ain’t running game.’”
Watch the full segment here.
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Police say man confessed to killing younger sister, 2 cousins
August 21, 2017 by admin
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Three young girls were stabbed to death as they slept together in a bed and police have charged the older brother of one of the girls who was babysitting them with the murders, Maryland police said Saturday.
Prince George’s County Deputy Chief Sammy Patel called the slayings in a house in Clinton “one of the most difficult scenes” that the department’s officers have encountered.
Prince George’s County police in suburban Washington said Antonio Williams, 25, of Clinton, confessed to the murders, Fox 5 DC reported Saturday.
He has been charged with murder in the deaths of his Nadiara Janae Withers, 6, Ariana Elizabeth DeCree, 9, and Ajayah Royale DeCree, 6.
Williams is the brother of Nadiara. Ariana and Ajayah were sisters from Newark, N.J., who were visiting Nadiara for the summer. Their mother was the cousin of Nadiara’s mother, Andrena Kelley.
Police announced Williams had been taken into custody around 11 p.m. Friday.
They said Saturday they didn’t know why Williams killed the children.
“Detectives are working to establish a motive in this case,” a police spokesman said.
Kelley found the girls when she returned home early Friday after working overnight, NBC4 DC reported.
Police said a 2-year-old girl in the home was not harmed, the station reported.
Williams was jailed without bail.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.