Analysis: As a top staffer insisted Trump opposes anti-Muslim rhetoric, the president encouraged it
Mick Mulvaney listens to reporters during a briefing at the White House. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 18 at 9:30 AM Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney was asked during a Fox News interview on Sunday why President Trump wouldn’t use his bully pulpit to decry white nationalist rhetoric and hatred.
In sum, Mulvaney’s argument was a familiar one: Trump’s rhetoric is at enough of a distance from violent racist acts that Mulvaney can reasonably argue that the two are disconnected. While a document allegedly written by the New Zealand suspected shooter did cite Trump as “a symbol of renewed white identity,” he did not specifically say that Trump’s rhetoric directly inspired him.
“Bring back [Judge Jeanine] Pirro,” Trump tweeted Sunday morning, referring to the Fox News host whose show didn’t air on Saturday. “The Radical Left Democrats, working closely with their beloved partner, the Fake News Media, is using every trick in the book to SILENCE a majority of our Country. They have all out campaigns against [Fox News] hosts who are doing too well. Fox must stay strong and fight back with vigor.
The comments, the network said, “do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly.”
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