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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

LeBron James says Trump leaves hatred 'fashionable'



Basketball star LeBron James, a Cleveland Cavaliers player, has criticized Donald Trump for making hatred "fashionable," and advocated against racism rather than the so-called "president."

LeBron reacted quickly after the American president reiterated his view that there was guilt "on both sides" in the racial riots of the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.

"Hatred has always existed in the United States. Yes, we know that, but Donald Trump just made it look fashionable again, "LeBron wrote on Twitter.

Lebron wrote the message shortly after Trump defended his initial response to the white supremacist demonstration on Saturday, which triggered several clashes with the counter-demonstrators.

Trump's reaction Saturday, which saw violence "on many sides," provoked an intense reaction. On Monday he pointed to the Ku Klux Klan and the neo-Nazis involved as criminals.

But at a news conference at the Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday, the president, visibly irritated, again asserted that the two groups were to blame for inciting violence.

LeBron, who has long talked about racism and social justice in the United States, expressed his sadness over the weekend with events in Charlottesville.

The athlete, who supported Democrat Hillary Clinton in the elections won by Trump, questioned, "Is this the path that our country is following?"

The player, who was vandalized in racist abuse on the eve of the NBA finals in June, returned to the issue on Tuesday evening at a LeBron James Family Foundation event in Sandusky, Ohio.

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