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Donald Trump has deservedly come under fire for his tepid response to the Neo-Nazi / white supremacist aggression in Charlottesville this weekend (August 11-12).
I was curious, though, where other politicians stand.
Between 8:30PM and 10:00PM on August 13 I visited the social media accounts of all 100 members of the U.S. Senate. If I couldn’t find a statement, I googled them.
Here are the words they used. Sixty Senators, including 23 Republicans, were willing to go farther than Donald Trump and explicitly condemn “racism,” “white supremacy,” or synonyms.
(It may be that I missed some stronger statements that a senator made elsewhere. If so, though, that senator sure made them hard to find.)
No statement issued: 11
10 Republicans, 1 Democrat
- Richard Burr, R-North Carolina
- Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi
- Michael Enzi, R-Wyoming
- John Hoeven, R-North Dakota
- Mike Lee, R-Utah
- Rand Paul, R-Kentucky
- James Risch, R-Idaho
- Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota
- Richard Shelby, R-Alabama
- Jon Tester, D-Montana
- Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi
Statement that merely condemns “hatred” or “violence”: 17
13 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
- Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee
- John Barrasso, R-Wyoming
- Roy Blunt, R-Missouri
- Shelly Moore Capito, R-West Virginia
- Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana
- Bob Corker, R-Tennessee
- James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma
- Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin
- John Kennedy, R-Louisiana
- Angus King, I-Maine
- Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia
- Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri
- Bill Nelson, D-Florida
- David Perdue, R-Georgia
- Pat Roberts, R-Kansas
- Luther Strange, R-Alabama
- Todd Young, R-Indiana
Statement that mentions “bigotry” but not racism or white supremacy: 12
The word “bigotry” is as far as Donald Trump was willing to go. 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats.
- John Boozman, R-Arkansas
- Maria Cantwell, D-Washington
- Thomas Carper, D-Delaware
- John Cornyn, R-Texas
- Dianne Feinstein, D-California
- Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia
- Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky
- Patty Murray, D-Washington
- Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island
- John Thune, R-South Dakota
- Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina
- Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island
Statement that calls out “racism,” “white supremacy,” “alt-right,” or criticizes President Trump’s failure to do so: 60
36 Democrats, 23 Republicans, 1 independent
- Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin
- Michael Bennet, D-Colorado
- Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut
- Cory Booker, D-New Jersey
- Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio
- Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland
- Robert Casey, D-Pennsylvania
- Susan Collins, R-Maine
- Chris Coons, D-Delaware
- Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada
- Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas
- Mike Crapo, R-Idaho
- Ted Cruz, R-Texas
- Steve Daines, R-Montana
- Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana
- Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois
- Richard Durbin, D-Illinois
- Joni Ernst, R-Iowa
- Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska
- Jeff Flake, R-Arizona
- Al Franken, D-Minnesota
- Cory Gardner, R-Colorado
- Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York
- Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
- Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa
- Kamala Harris, D-California
- Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire
- Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
- Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico
- Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota
- Dean Heller, R-Nevada
- Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii
- Tim Kaine, D-Virginia
- Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota
- James Lankford, R-Oklahoma
- Pat Leahy, D-Vermont
- Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts
- John McCain, R-Arizona
- Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey
- Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon
- Jerry Moran, R-Kansas
- Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
- Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut
- Gary Peters, D-Michigan
- Rob Portman, R-Ohio
- Marco Rubio, R-Florida
- Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont
- Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska
- Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii
- Charles Schumer, D-New York
- Tim Scott, R-South Carolina
- Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire
- Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan
- Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska
- Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania
- Tom Udall, D-New Mexico
- Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland
- Mark Warner, D-Virginia
- Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts
- Ron Wyden, D-Oregon