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Scott Adams

Mar 26, 2019 • 8 tweets • 4 min read

@CortesSteve

To debunk the "fine people" in Charlottesville hoax, I put together the following resources in this thread for you to retweet as needed.

First, to describe the fake news in context, two articles:

@CortesSteve - bit.ly/2Yc9ZFS

Or

@joelpollak - bit.ly/2F53Hz7

Video of Trump specifically excluding the racists in Charlottesville from the “fine people” category and saying they should be “condemned totally”

Video: bit.ly/2ujQSvD

This New York Times article interviews one of the "gun-loving defenders of free speech" at Charlottesville who also hate racists.
nyti.ms/2FdSb4h

The one time CNN reported the "fine people" quote correctly before reporting it incorrectly from that point on: cnn.it/2BGMpV6

The transcript from Trump's Charlottesville speech in which he specifically excludes the racists from the "fine people" category and says they should be "condemned totally."

Just to round things off: Compilation clip of Trump Disavowing David Duke and the KKK
bit.ly/2USNDXI

And if that isn't enough, my blog post on why Democrats hear a secret racist dog whistle and Republicans do not: bit.ly/2K8ZAnL

@joelpollak

The article link for @joelpollak got truncated. Here it is: bit.ly/2F53Hz7

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