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Sunday, August 13, 2017
ADL head: US ‘long overdue’ for moral leadership
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAnti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemns the violence in Charlottesville in a series of tweets.
Greenblatt said that the violence was “predictable” and was “consistent” with hateful messages being put out by groups linked to the alt-right.
#Charlottesville was predictable. #AltRight et al consistent w/#hate. Heres what @ADLnational wrote last wk: https://t.co/nj8NG4W74f 1/17
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) August 13, 2017
He praised Trump for condemning the violence but criticized him for not specifically condemning the white supremacist movement.
Glad @POTUS blasted violence but long overdue for moral ldrshp that condemns the agents of #hate: #WhiteSupremacists, #NeoNazis, #AltRight https://t.co/ppAhFZ0B1v
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) August 12, 2017
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