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| President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks to the crowd of scouts at the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree at the Summit in Glen Jean ,W.Va., Monday, July 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) |
President Donald Trump's
fiery speech Monday night at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia has
infuriated parents and former Scouts.
Associated
Press report continues:
Standing
before thousands of school-aged Scouts, he began with a bit of profanity and
then went on to rage for more than half an hour against the media and other
perceived political enemies.
Trump
was cheered by the crowd, but his comments put an organization that studiously
avoids political conflict in an awkward position.
"As
a Scout leader, my stomach is in knots about what Trump did today," Sen.
Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, wrote on Twitter. "If you haven't
watched it yet, don't. It's downright icky."
The
Boy Scouts of America said after the speech that it does not promote any one
political candidate or philosophy.
Trump Call For Clinton
Investigation 'Highly Inappropriate' — Top Senator
Reuters
reports that President Donald Trump's call for Attorney General Jeff Sessions
to investigate former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is "highly
inappropriate" and threatens to erode the separation between law and
politics, a leading Republican senator said on Tuesday.
"Prosecutorial
decisions should be based on applying facts to the law without hint of
political motivation. To do otherwise is to run away from the long-standing
American tradition of separating the law from politics," Senator Lindsey
Graham said in a series of posts on Twitter.
"President Trump's tweet today suggesting Attorney General Sessions pursue prosecution of a former political rival is highly inappropriate," said Graham, who defended Sessions from criticism by the president.
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