Yahoo has an
article by
Oliver Knox about two former presidents:
Former President George H.W. Bush (photo, left) and former President George W. Bush (photo, right), in a rare joint statement, declared Wednesday that Americans must reject “hatred in all its forms” in the aftermath of the white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms,” the father-son duo said in the statement, released by both their offices. “As we pray for Charlottesville, we are reminded of the fundamental truths recorded by that city’s most prominent citizen in the Declaration of Independence: we are all created equal and endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights,” they said, in a reference to Thomas Jefferson. “We know these truths to be everlasting because we have seen the decency and greatness of our country.”
The combined message came a day after President Trump said there was “blame on both sides” in Charlottesville, where a young woman was killed when a white supremacist deliberately drove his car into a group of counter-protesters. The Unite The Right forces also clashed with so-called antifascist counter-protesters. Some prominent Republicans have broken sharply with Trump, while white nationalists have cheered him on.
Joint statements from the Bushes are rare, though they have released at least one before, in 2013, after former Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci died, according to the elder Bush’s office.
Rico says it's nice to see them on the correct side (they were always on the right side) of things, for once.
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