Today in White Supremacy White House

Sometimes Donald Trump's tweets are a distraction. Sometimes they are incredibly serious and demand our full attention. Frequently, they are both.

Today, his morning tweetshitz were just straight-up chilling, further evidence that he is intent on escalating his normalization and empowerment of white supremacy.

Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017

The U.S. president referring to Confederate monuments as "THE history and culture" of the nation. https://t.co/HiBuoB3cAK

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 17, 2017

...can't change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson - who's next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017

Trump vastly overestimates how compelling an argument this is to millions of people who don't fetishize the Founders. https://t.co/lJsRBUlbro

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 17, 2017

...the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017

Just another normal day in which the president says that monuments to Confederates are beautiful and irreplaceable. (They are not. At all.) https://t.co/qf6U0nUUwY

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 17, 2017

The public is learning (even more so) how dishonest the Fake News is. They totally misrepresent what I say about hate, bigotry etc. Shame!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017

If he'd meant that the political media severely underplayed his white supremacy during the election & now people know, he'd have been right. https://t.co/4rGpnwwX7B

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 17, 2017