US politics
fromThe Atlantic
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President Trump's hour-long remarks to senior military leaders were rambling, insulting, and included racist dog whistles and calls to use American cities as training grounds.
I just wanted to follow up quickly on something that the president had said yesterday. So we heard from Erika Kirk. She said she forgives the man who shot and killed her husband, Landers began, adding: And then right after that, we heard from the president who said, I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them. How does that square with bringing down the temperature of political violence in this country?
"My husband, he wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life," she began. "That man, that young man, I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did and it is what Charlie would do." "The answer to hate is not hate," the widow added, in stark contrast to the president's words. "The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love, love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us."
They have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest. Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead, he added.