Other than 9/11, not much happened in 2001. CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell on Monday excluded the September 11th terror attacks in order to conclude that there have been “three times” as many examples of “right wing” violence.
Talking to Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, O’Donnell contorted: “This is believed to be the largest white supremacist demonstration in over a decade. We went and looked at the data. And in fact, between 2001 and 2016 there were nearly three times as many fatal attacks by right wing extremists than Islamic extremists in the U.S.”
On her Twitter profile, O’Donnell spun:
First off, since when is September the "end" of a year? Secondly, Earth to O'Donnell: Conservatives do not consider KKK racists to be part of the "the right."
She also tweeted:
In another tweet, O’Donnell cited a Government Accountability Office study that starts September 12, 2001. Kind of a big event occurred the day before that it’s unfair to exclude.
Guest co-host Jeff Glor cited Lindsey Graham to bash Donald Trump’s reponse to the Charlottesville violence:
Mr. Attorney General, Lindsey Graham said white supremacist groups and hate groups believe they have a friend in the White House. Do you believe that's the case, and if that's so how does that get fixed?
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A partial transcript is below:
CBS This Morning
8/14/17
7:13:33CHARLIE ROSE: The Department of Justice opened a federal civil rights investigation into this weekend’s violence in Charlottesville. Attorney General Jeff sessions joins us from the Department of Justice. Good morning, Attorney General.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSION: Good morning.
ROSE: Why, when many Republicans have criticized him, was the President's first instinct not to speak out against white supremacists and neo-Nazis?
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ROSE: Fair enough, but that’s the spokesman. Not the President.
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ROSE: Fair enough. That's why we're talking to you. But it's wrong to make a moral equivalence between these two groups of protesters, is it not?
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NORAH O’DONNELL: So, to be clear, does the President specifically condemn neo-Nazis and white supremacy? Will he do that?
SESSIONS: Absolutely. His spokesman said it yesterday and I’m sure he’ll reiterate that in the days to come.
O’DONNELL: Actually we don't know who said it because there wasn't a name attached to the White House statement. So, there wasn’t even a name attached.
...O’DONNELL: This is believed to be the largest white supremacist demonstration in over a decade. We went and looked at the data. And in fact, between 2001 and 2016 there were nearly three times as many fatal attacks by right wing extremists than Islamic extremists in the U.S. What is the Justice Department need to be doing?
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ROSE: Mr. Attorney General, if there are any statues of Robert E. Lee in Alabama, should they be taken down?
SESSIONS: Well, this will be decided by the State of Alabama, the counties involved —
ROSE: But what would you recommend?
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ROSE: And you would not advocate that they should take them down.
SESSIONS: It's up to them to decide.
JEFF GLOR: Mr. Attorney General, Lindsey Graham said white supremacist groups and hate groups believe they have a friend in the White House. Do you believe that's the case, and if that's so how does that get fixed?
