In Louisville, Kentucky, approximately eight months before the election, Trump was interrupted by protestors. Trump yelled, “Get ‘em out of here.” A white supremacist named Matthew Heimbach shoved Kashiya Nwanguma, a black college student who was holding a sign showing Trump’s face on the body of a pig.
Fast forward. Ms. Nwanguma filed suit against Mr. Heimbach, accusing him of assault and battery.
Now Mr. Heimbach is demanding indemnity from Trump, saying that Trump directed him to take action. Tapes are available showing Mr. Trump promising to pay the legal fees of anyone who removed or attacked protestors. Mr. Heimbach has a point. Words have meaning. Trump did promise to pay legal fees.
Trump’s campaign coarsened American politics. It is time we hold his feet to the fire and make him responsible for things he said. He is a bully and a loser, and he must be held accountable.
(Once again I owe the Times. The article containing the info–though not my editorializing–was by David Zucchino, “A Trump Campaign Rally Led to Shoving, and Legal Wrangling, Too,” (May 26, 2017), p. 16.)
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