Trump is hiding from the country while it's on fire
"One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free," Kennedy said. "They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free."
In the speech, Kennedy announced plans to unveil civil rights legislation, laying the groundwork for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Kennedy also federalized the National Guard and ordered troops to safely escort black students into the University of Alabama campus. It was a defining moment in Kennedy's presidency and in the history of civil rights in the US.
Even President Richard Nixon, hardly regarded as among the most unifying presidents, made efforts to address enraged Americans amid backlash to the war in Vietnam. In 1970, after four students were killed by the Ohio National Guard during protests at Kent State University, NixonAddressing the recent unrest in a Medium post on Monday, former President Barack Obama offered the country some"When we think about politics, a lot of us focus only on the presidency and the federal government...
Trump offered nothing remotely close to this last week, over the weekend, or Monday morning, essentially leaving the country rudderless during a devastating storm.
"I can imagine no other president in my lifetime failing to address the nation in a prime time speech during a crisis such as this. On the other hand, I cannot imagine another president whose words would be less welcome by so many of his fellow citizens," veteran reporter
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