Trump visits synagogue in Pittsburgh attack as protesters march

Burning Bush, Exactly.

Historically, in Europe, they were discriminated as people who believe a different religion and as being not original inhabitants. But I do not understand why they are discriminated in the U.S. If it is so.

So now he's bad for attending.

Damned if you do, Damned if you don't

If he kept his hate and fear spearing mouth shut just 50% of the time, he wouldn't be in this position.

The bias in the MSM really is disgusting.

Damn the media for doing its job and reporting. Damn it to hell!

As much as I dislike Trump I would agree they should not protest his visit. Yes - there may be valid points against Trump but I think in this one particular case it would be nice to just let this go. However I believe this is no longer possible in the U.S.

The president, who opponents say has stoked a toxic political climate conducive to acts of violence,

That's been apparent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIs2L2nUL-0

@tokyoeng they should not protest his visit.

Protests are a right. People are frustrated and angry with this president and the political climate in the US. They should protest to express their opinions.

@burnbushThe bias in the MSM really is disgusting.

The media are biased for reporting an event? I can't find news of this on RT. But then that's their choice to report, not report, or slant any event.

@burnbushSo now he's bad for attending.

I think it's hard for those who prefer totalitarian systems to accept that individuals in a democratic state are permitted to have a variety of different perspectives.

The Trump administration has rejected the notion that he has encouraged far-right extremists who have embraced him.

Perhaps they regard themselves as some of the ‘good people’ Trump identified on the extreme far right.

I still cannot believe he said that.

@PTownsend - I agree with protests and fully support people's right to do so. In this case why not just have respect for the people who were savagely murdered? After all the U.S. has pretty much turned into one constant protest against Trump and it has been this way for a while. Why not give it a rest for one day?

Protests are a right. People are frustrated and angry with this president and the political climate in the US. They should protest to express their opinions

And there are people there that are happy and feel that his presence is needed. Those people should equally express and show their opinions and support for the Presidents visits and understand his comments.

I do not hear American Jews use drugs, shoot others etc. They are not harming the American society. Among 700 Nobel Prize winners, it is said 20% are Jewish people.

which is also the media narrative or they wouldn’t have put it in the 2nd paragraph. “Reporting” is the facts of the visit not partisan political attacks as the key points in a time of tragedy.

That shooting of the GOP office? Just “vandalism”. If a Dem office “hate crime”.

who opponents say has stoked a toxic political climate conducive to acts of violence

Nope that isn’t allowed. You will be physically assaulred, called vile names, lose your job, have your personal items stolen or destroyed. All with no consequences simply for supporting our elected president.

But I notice they keep any money they get from this booming economy.

Those people should equally express and show their opinions and support for the Presidents

I do not hear American Jews use drugs, shoot others etc. They are not harming the American society.

Jews are not a monolithic group, first of all what you’re saying is not true, (talking about the first part of your comment) they are infallible humans just like everyone else.

Just don’t get it. Who picks funerals as an appropriate time to have a partisan political protest?

And there are people there that are happy and feel that his presence is needed. Those people should equally express and show their opinions and support for the Presidents visits and understand his comments.

Of course. Is there anybody saying they shouldn't be allowed to?

@tokyoeng In this case why not just have respect for the people who were savagely murdered? Why not give it a rest for one day?

I believe many of those protesting were doing so to show respect for those savagely murdered. I think many were saying alt right, anti-semitic bigots bear some responsibility for the slaughter. They were protesting against them, protesting for checks on ugly, alt right domestic terrorism.

@bas4 And there are people there that are happy and feel that his presence is needed. 

I agree.

*Just don’t get it. Who picks funerals as an appropriate time to have a partisan political protest?*

Sadly, It’s the new trend, look at McCain’s funeral.

they are infallible humans just like everyone else.

I think you mean to say fallible.

@blacklab Nope that isn’t allowed.

It's obvious you're very emotional about this, but partisan lame fanning comes across as extremist. But maybe that's your intent.

I believe many of those protesting were doing so to show respect for those savagely murdered.

Protesting is being respectful? Nope.

Trump is a supporter of Israel.His daughter married a Jew so what has President Trump to do with a massacre at a synagogue except as a mourner.

Political protests at a funeral show a lack of respect for the deceased......

@blacklab Just don’t get it. Who picks funerals as an appropriate time to have a partisan political protest?

Who? People who know this is one way for their voices to be heard.

Many probably are fully Trump and his fellow politicians won't listen to protests against alt right domestic terrorism and anti-semitic bigotry, but have read enough history to know that if they don't let their leaders know about their concerns, the US could be dragged farther down the ultranationalist path being pushed by Trump and the GOP.

partisan lame fanning comes across as extremist. But maybe that's your intent.

I don't think it's intent to come across that way, I think that he's just that way, and that's why you see it in his comments.

 I still cannot believe he said that.

Believe it.

As for Trump visiting, did he visit "both sides" of Squirrel Hill?

It's all about him, as always. What a blatant show of disrespect to the people of Pittsburgh and especially the families mourning their lost loved ones. Stay home, trump.

Just your daily reminder why, for the first time in history, the most mocked, hated, and mistrusted person on the planet is a President of the United States.

It's all about him, as always.

No, he was invited by the Rabbi of the congregation, what’s the problem?

What a blatant show of disrespect to the people of Pittsburgh and especially the families mourning their lost loved ones. Stay home, trump.

So he should snub the invite of the Rabbi, but succumb to the Progressive liberal Jewish groups? Yes, that makes perfect sense.

Just your daily reminder why, for the first time in history, the most mocked, hated, and mistrusted person on the planet is a President of the United States

For half of the country, the other half don't think so

Just your daily reminder why, for the first time in history, the most mocked, hated, and mistrusted person on the planet is a President of the United States.

Just curious, but do you have a link to some survey, news article, etc., to support the above statement?

The problem is that Trump can never let something be about that thing, he always brings it back to himself.

Just curious, but do you have a link to some survey, news article, etc., to support the above statement?

If there is a link provided, it will be to an opinion piece.

All previous Presidents took their oath of representing all the American people seriously - this Presidential Imposter divides, separates, and demonizes those that disagree with him, or don't bow down in fealty. 

Presidents should attend all ceremonies like this, to add their voice that the dark forces of intolerance, hate and violence will not triumph on America.

This Presidential Imposter feeds the hate that results in these atrocities - why would anyone welcome him.  It's like inviting the arsonist to the funerals of the victims killed in the fire....

I had 12 thumbs down and 0 thumbs up to my first comment. Please explain to me what was wrong with my statement. I am a Japanese and do not know about the situation involving Jewish people in U.S. My first comment was - Historically, in Europe, they were discriminated as people who believe a different religion and as being not original inhabitants. I do not understand why they are discriminated in the U.S. If it is so.

This Presidential Imposter feeds the hate that results in these atrocities - why would anyone welcome him. It's like inviting the arsonist to the funerals of the victims killed in the fire....

Hate? What imaginary hate are we talking about?

Yeah, what hate?!

https://americasvoice.org/trumphatemap/

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/128896/beat-protester-trumps-rally-hell-cover-legal-fees

Or the opposite

https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/

I do not understand why they are discriminated in the U.S. If it is so.

I'm not too clear on why they are discriminated against in the US either. As far as I can tell the complaint seems to be that they are too good at business and with money (aka sneaky and cheap). If that truly is the case, and being America I find it entirely plausible, then in a capitalist economy it's really just jealousy isn't it.

Maybe there's more to it than that, but as an outsider, I've never seen what it is.

A poster asks what hate has Trump spewed. That poster is given the evidence requested. Then, that poster deflects by posting about attacks perpetrated by people other than the president instead of admitting being incorrect.

Not a surprise anymore

The Trump administration has rejected the notion that he has encouraged far-right extremists who have embraced him.

Emboldened rather than encouraged imo. And not only white nationalists but basically anyone who wants to live in a (even) more ruthless, confrontational, abrasive, louder etc society/world (I.e. Trump in a nutshell).

Trump's never been about 'living in a more harmonious society' anyway, I.e. business or politics it's always been 'kill or be killed'.

There are No deflections only the reality that the hate needs to stop and that hate encapsulates all sides.

No, that was a deflection.

I do agree there is hate on both sides. That said, Trump leads the hate on the right. Not presidential at all.

@PTownsend - Fair enough. I understand your point and respect your opinion but still disagree. Regardless I am certain Pres. Trump will soon be providing more controversy and plenty to protest

"Several thousand protesters"

The majority of the country is fine with the president's visit.

No, there was no deflection, this was something that hits both sides, both sides play this game and if it were a deflection, there is nothing that says it is either illegal or even immoral, the people that hate the president will continue to do so and the people that support him will see it differently and support him as well.

I watched the IL rally where our President denounced, in no uncertain terms, anti-Semitism, multiple times. Then I get a news flash on my phone, courtesy of AFP, how protesters are defying the President as he visits Pittsburgh. The highlighted quote:

“It’s just enraging that this type of hate crime could occur here and that the leadership of our country does not denounce anti-Semitism and does not denounce white nationalism and does not denounce neo-Nazism.”

IMO, the press is fully complicit in stoking hate. They won’t report on President Trump’s comments during that rally.

The irony from these "progressives" is so thick and they just never see it. “Love trumps hate”, while continuously spewing hate. Their blind hatred has now consumed them.

It used to upset me a bit but no more. I now feel immense deep pity for these sad creatures. It is the price one pays for basting in the liberal stew.

Why should he, on this occasion, he doesn't need to say anything, but on other issues, he should be as vocal as possible.

"We don't want you here."

"You're not welcome here."

Never been said to any other President.

Yes, until now liberals have not been that mentally deranged to think that the president of the United States needs their personal invitation. Now that level of derangement exists.

"We don't want you here."

"You're not welcome here."

"Never been said to any other President."

Yeah, this Trump Derangement Syndrome and this level of hate is something else, isn't it.

Hatemongering Mussolini? He’s not literally worse then Hitler and ISIS combined anymore? I can’t keep up with the goal post moving on the things he does that are going to kill us all which actually don’t.

I think I was supposed to have died from the travel ban, so I expect to drop any day now. The liberal hyperbole and name calling overshadows any actual legitimate concerns, which there are.

Liberals have a lot to learn from conservatives about hyperbole, name-calling, intellectual dishonesty, self-deception, deflection, and obfuscation. Conservatives engaging in such activity obscure any actual legitimate concerns they have.

And yes Trumps hyperbole and name calling also overshadows his messaging and positive achievements.

But I still benefit from those good things whether he does a good job to present them to citizens or not. So don’t care what he says only what he does.

The Dem message is always negative and I’m glad none of it comes true. But that’s only because they have no power to do any of it. So let’s go vote.

Any surprise that the most hated President ever is the one who spews the most hate!

"the most hated President ever"

The dude's approval rating is higher than Obama's at this same point in time.

The Dems message is not always negative.

Trump's approval rating is based on polls. We all know that polls are inaccurate. ROFL! Har! Oh my. Smh.

Serrano said -

"..Yeah, this Trump Derangement Syndrome and this level of hate is something else, isn't it.."

Is that what Trump's suffering from? Is that a real medical term or are you just making it up?

I've heard of other conditions that cause people to hate. Hopefully he can recover soon.

The proof is in the pudding.

A normal president visiting the site of such a tragedy would be greatly welcomed.

Trump was not.

Ask yourself why.

"Is that what Trump's suffering from?"

No, that what people who can't accept his election and complain about anything he says or does are suffering from.

The dude's approval rating is higher than Obama's at this same point in time

Amongst the nutty right wing haters, for sure.

No, that what people who can't accept his election and complain about anything he says or does are suffering from

We have all accepted Trump's election. We complain about what he says and does because he's unpresidential and unintelligent.

And yes Trumps hyperbole

Whoppers, untruths, lies. The most common word is probably ‘lies’.

The PC crowd often annoy me with their evasions and euphemisms. Those unable to call out Trump for telling lies could teach this crowd a masterclass on this topic.

Never been said to any other President.

We never had a President that would stand up to the msm and political correctness either.

The proof is in the pudding.

A normal president visiting the site of such a tragedy would be greatly welcomed.

Trump was not.

Ask yourself why.

Dont know what you’re talking about, the media in their usual bias and hate filled hearts covered the progressive radicals and not the conservatives or the Rabbi that said on FNC that of course the President was welcomed, funny he said, the people that are calling Trump hateful are hateful themselves. Wise man

No other president has been so crass, petty, ignorant, or self-centered. That's why he was asked to stay away, it had nothing to do with Trump supposedly standing up to the MSM or political correctness.

More self-deception from conservatives.

How terribly sad that these protesters could not refrain themselves out of respect for the mourners.

I little love and respect is all that is needed at times like these.

No other president has been so crass, petty, ignorant, or self-centered.

Thank God for Trump

That's why he was asked to stay away,

And asked by the Rabbi who oversaw the proceedings to come. As if these progressives can tell the POTUS not to come, funny.

Yes, thank god we now have a crass, petty, ignorant, and self-centered president. That's exactly what we need.

Not only can the progressives tell the President not to go, but they did. ROFL. Smh. Oh my . . . Har!

At least he listened to his convictions and went and thankfully this President doesn’t care about the name calling.

Love how he puts Allison in her place.

https://youtu.be/ZjXTk1Jf1nA

Tragedies like these ought to bring us more together in love and acceptance in spite of our differences.

Love how he puts Allison in her place.

Yeah. Love and peace is the Trump way, man. Very groovy.

Below you’ll find the beginning of the transcript for the robot-voiced bit of “objective news” reporting that bass thinks will convince the world of Trump’s greatness. The YouTube channel that puts out this crap does not even mention it’s identity (Russia?). You will not find it. Trumpsters obviously don’t care. Here it is: (buzz words in bold):

*“This is why CNN is failing. Americans are tired of this. When does the far left ever not politicize a tragic event? President Trump has the *highest approval rating in Israel.

*This whole trying to blame Trump ain’t going to work. Funny how the far left never wants to call out anti-Semites such as Louis Farrakhan who the Democrat Party is pretty cozy *with. Listen to Mark Levin’s radio show last night.”

Welcome to the weirdest America ever.

Should but liberals don’t want that. Every occasion or situation, happy or sad, good or bad, is an opportunity for their “voice to be heard”.

There is a reason you have 2 ears and 1 mouth. Liberals don’t seem to know why that is. Sports, movies, funerals, bars, restaurants, schools, any occasion we have to hear their unrelated opinions about the “cause of the day.”

*“This is why CNN is failing. Americans are tired of this. When does the far left ever not politicize a tragic event? President Trump has the *highest approval rating in Israel.

Yes, because CNN can’t lie what’s going on in another country, hard to dispute that. So for once they’re telling the truth, breath of fresh air.

Welcome to the weirdest America ever

How so?

It's weird America because conservatives are repeating Russian talking points.

Pretty strange that the Trump puppets or Trumpets, are indignant with the sane for exercising their right to free speech, but have no problem when the nutty haters exercise their right to shoot.

They keep saying Trump is stirring up hate and division, but it's the left that are doing so.

Who’s the president? Who’s supposed to be in charge? Who sets the tone? Who is the individual person with the potential ability to control his own mouth and his own early morning tweets?

I thought the GOP was supposed to be the party of individual responsibility, but it’s turned into a party that blames a generic “leftist” bogeyman mob for the vitriolic discourse that they simultaneously love Trump for. Absolute insanity.

@Bass: We never had a President that would stand up to the msm and political correctness either.

Not only that but Trump has made a mockery of the media’s double standards. When President Clinton threatened to punch journalist William Safire in the nose, the press said hardly anything. When President Obama called conservatives the enemy the press did not condemn his vitriol. When Obama met with the anti-law enforcement group Black Lives Matter, in the White House, the media didn’t attack him for supporting an organization that inspires hate. Joe Biden stood up in a black church and incited the crowd by saying Republicans wanted to put them back in chains - crickets.

The press isn’t objective in its coverage of politics. In fact they no longer even hide it stating openly that they cannot treat President Trump and conservative Republicans in an even handed manner. If it wasn’t for the tribal warfare waged by the press on behalf of the Democrats Trump never would have become president.

@plastic: I thought the GOP was supposed to be the party of individual responsibility

I thought the Democrats were supposed to be the party of tolerance.

Who’s the president? Who’s supposed to be in charge? Who sets the tone? Who is the individual person with the potential ability to control his own mouth and his own early morning tweets?

Jeez dude, he’s a man, not a God.

I thought the GOP was supposed to be the party of individual responsibility,

It is and finally he does what other Republican Presidents didn’t do and that is taking responsibility by telling Democrats and the liberal msm, “No more!” And it’s long overdo.

but it’s turned into a party that blames a generic “leftist”

Not generic, 100% natural, nothing artificial and no fillers.

bogeyman mob for the vitriolic discourse that they simultaneously love Trump for. Absolute insanity.

Uh-huh, Lol.

but it’s turned into a party that blames a generic “leftist”

Not generic, 100% natural, nothing artificial and no fillers

LOL

"The attack has heightened a national debate over Trump's rhetoric, which critics say has contributed to a surge in white nationalist and neo-Nazi activity."

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Mr. Noidal - your Oct 31 | 9:47pm post is right on the money. The press is incredibly blind to the hostile actions of their side - the Progressive Left. All the marches, incendiary chants, and violence including incitement of violence against law enforcement, conservative members of Congress shot and nearly killed, hounding Republican office holders, executive branch employees, and their friends, and supporters. They only see and hear Trumps reactions to what they do and have blinders to the actions of their side that causes it.

Jeez dude, he’s a man, not a God.

He's president. There is nothing god-like about being in control, setting the time, or controlling his mouth and tweets. It's quite telling that conservatives think those things take god-like powers.

it's the left that are doing so. Their fuming anger over Trump's win still rages on almost 2 years later. Their protests are violent, intimidating, and facist in spirit and nature; they pigeonhole everyone into hierarchical groups of victimhood that keeps the populace at each others' throats. They physically assault people with other political opinions. This attack is one that targeted the foundation of American democracy: the freedom of religion.

I needed that laugh. You write your own material; not only does it have no basis in reality, it's hilarious!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/31/trumps-divisive-speech-puts-the-first-amendment-at-risk-antisemitism-hate-speech-crimes-pittsburgh-shooting-synagogue-jews/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/2018/10/30/is-trumps-divisive-immigration-strategy-really-all-that-smart/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/media/401465-dan-rather-trump-is-intentionally-being-divisive-with-all-types-of-racism%3famp

Uh-huh, Lol.

Brilliant response. I stand corrected.

After inciting the violence, he wants to go there and create a photo op? Notice that not a single politician, local, state, or national, agreed to join him, and that he was repeatedly asked to stay away, by both local politicians and the families of victims. His actions are the definition of tone deaf narcissism.

Schopenhauer - I had 12 thumbs down and 0 thumbs up to my first comment. Please explain to me what was wrong with my statement.

Unfortunately, there are a few anti-Semites everywhere. Some resort to violence. Those that do are psychopaths.

There was nothing wrong with your statement. As far as the thumbs up/thumbs down ratio is concerned, it just means that 12 people felt strongly enough to click the plus or minus button. Since hundreds of people have read your post, many who haven't signed in, the ratio is almost meaningless. Life goes on.

Several thousand protesters, an ethnically mixed crowd of all ages including members of Pittsburgh's tight-knit Jewish community, held an anti-Trump rally about a block away from the synagogue just as his visit began, singing Old Testament psalms and carrying signs with such slogans as "We build bridges not walls."

One group of demonstrators chanted, "President hate, leave our state," while others yelled, "Words have meaning."

Haters gotta hate. That's what they do. This is supposed to be a time of mourning, but the haters/protestors prefer to use this tragedy for their own political purposes. Others chose to encourage these haters/protestors instead of mourning the dead, and offering comfort to their families. Hate is all they can offer.

The media hate Trump because he has the nerve to call them out on their fake, exaggerated "news" stories regularly.

Then the CNN, MSNBC-hypnotized lemmings get on their anti-Trump horses, criticizing EVERYTHING he does, including paying his respect at a synagogue. How petty and child, but who's surprised by their hissy fit? Surely not me. Imagine if Trump didn't go to the synagogue. He'd be labeled a cold, heartless antisemite.

This is why the media has lost credibility and people are leaving the Democrat party in droves.

It's hilarious how all these "enlightened" types who make up the foreign community in Japan continue to parrot the CNN garbage.

The fact is that CNN can't accurately report news. Period. They are nothing more than a propaganda arm off the Democrat party, and that is one reason Hillary got her tail kicked in 2016. Millions of thinking Americans saw though this.

So keep up the dishonesty and hysteria so Trump can win 4 more years.

More new conservative accounts popping up daily, spreading the same talking points. That's not suspicious at all.

Here is another example of Trump stoking fear:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-trump-blasts-news-coverage-pittsburgh-trip-235627806--election.html