Joint Chiefs Denounce Racism After Trump’s Comments

The following article by James Doubek was posted on the NPR website August 17, 2017:

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley wrote, “The Army doesn’t tolerate racism, extremism, or hatred in our ranks. It’s against our Values and everything we’ve stood for since 1775.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — high-ranking military officials who advise the president — appeared to distance themselves from President Trump by publicly condemning racism in the aftermath of Trump’s comments about the attack in Charlottesville.

Trump has blamed “both sides” for the violence.

Five of the country’s top uniformed leaders — of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and National Guard — have all sent tweets critical of “racism,” “hatred” and “extremism,” after a man who reportedly expressed admiration for Nazism allegedly drove a car into a crowd of people protesting against white supremacy Saturday. One woman, Heather Heyer, was killed, and 19 other people were injured.

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