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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPortland Stabbing: Donald Trump Finally Responds Amid Public Outcry
Source: Newsweek
President Donald Trump acknowledged the deadly stabbing in Portland on Monday after journalists and the American public urged him to speak out about the incident.
The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/them, Trump tweeted. However, he sent the message from the official presidential Twitter account, @POTUS, which has 18 million followers, rather than his personal Twitter account, @RealDonaldTrump, which has nearly 40 million followers.
The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/them, Trump tweeted. However, he sent the message from the official presidential Twitter account, @POTUS, which has 18 million followers, rather than his personal Twitter account, @RealDonaldTrump, which has nearly 40 million followers.
http://www.newsweek.com/portland-stabbing-trump-responds-public-outcry-617076
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Portland Stabbing: Donald Trump Finally Responds Amid Public Outcry (Original Post)
demmiblue
May 2017
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kimbutgar
(21,161 posts)1. Obviously he didn't write it
Some flakey in his office did.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)3. I was typing the same thing as you were while yours was posting lol
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)2. and he couldn't be bothered to say that on camera. Someone else probably tweeted it for him
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)4. 'unacceptable?'
Good God
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)5. Notice it's on the @POTUS account
which doesn't have near as many followers.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)6. Well, since a good chunk of those 40 million @RealDonaldTrump followers are
probably either white nationalists or Russian bots, you don't want to play this message to the wrong audience.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)7. Exactly. n/t
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)9. Just an FYI, Newsweek made an error regarding the number of followers...
of the @RealDonaldTrump account (it is 30.9 million followers).