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‘Don’t Use Mollie’ To Push Racism, Says Dad
By: Highpockets Date: September 2, 2018, 8:20 am
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‘Don’t Use Mollie’ To Push Racism, Says Dad Who Points To
‘Heartless’ Donald Trump Jr.
Rob Tibbetts slams those who “callously distort and corrupt
Mollie’s tragic death to advance a cause she vehemently
opposed.”
By Mary Papenfuss
The father of slain University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
lashed out Saturday at those who are using her tragic death to
promote their own political agendas. To do so is “despicable”
and “heartless,” Rob Tibbetts wrote, throwing Donald Trump Jr.’s
own words back at him in an opinion piece in the Des Moines
Register.
Tibbetts said the family was “grateful” to those who respected
their pleas to not turn his daughter’s death into a political
confrontation.
“Sadly, others have ignored our request,” he wrote. “They have
instead chosen to callously distort and corrupt Mollie’s tragic
death to advance a cause she vehemently opposed.”
Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was found dead earlier this month after she
went for a jog in Brooklyn, Iowa, in July. Authorities have said
the man accused of abducting and killing her is an undocumented
immigrant from Mexico.
President Donald Trump — who has not contacted the Tibbetts
family to offer condolences — immediately posted a video about
Mollie’s death on Twitter, saying: “We need the wall ... we need
our immigration laws changed.” He also referenced her death to
push his anti-immigrant views at a West Virginia rally.
While Rob Tibbetts wrote that he encourages debate on
immigration, he added: “Do not appropriate Mollie’s soul in
advancing views she believed were profoundly racist. The act
grievously extends the crime that stole Mollie from our family
and is, to quote Donald Trump Jr., ‘heartless’ and
‘despicable.’”
Trump’s eldest son wrote an op-ed piece that appeared in the
same newspaper Friday — after family pleas not to politicize
Mollie’s death — blaming Democrats for her homicide, calling her
a “casualty of the left’s love for open borders.” Trump Jr.
called Democrats “heartless” and “despicable.”
Mollie is not a “pawn in others’ debate,” Tibbetts wrote,
calling his daughter his “best friend” who had an “extraordinary
life.”
She “may not be able to speak for herself, but I can and will.
Please leave us out of your debate. Allow us to grieve in
privacy and with dignity. At long last, show some decency.”
He added: “As I write this, I am watching Sen. John McCain lie
in state in the Capitol Rotunda and know that evil will succeed
only if good people do nothing. Both Mollie and Sen. McCain were
good people. I know that both would stand up now and do
something.”
The person who is “accused of taking Mollie’s life is no more a
reflection of the Hispanic community as white supremacists are
of all white people. To suggest otherwise is a lie,” Tibbetts
wrote.
To the Hispanic community, he added: “My family stands with you
and offers its heartfelt apology. That you’ve been beset by the
circumstances of Mollie’s death is wrong. We treasure the
contribution you bring to the American tapestry in all its color
and melody.”
Tibbetts noted that his stepdaughter — whom “Mollie loved so
dearly — is Latina. Her sons — Mollie’s cherished nephews and my
grandchildren — are Latino. That means I am Hispanic. I am
African. I am Asian. I am European. My blood runs from every
corner of the Earth because I am American. As an American, I
have one tenet: to respect every citizen of the world and
actively engage in the ongoing pursuit to form a more perfect
union.”
To “knowingly foment discord among races is a disgrace to our
flag,” he added. “It ... lends legitimacy to the darkest, most
hate-filled corners of the American soul. It is the opposite of
leadership. It is the opposite of humanity. It is heartless. It
is despicable. It is shameful.”
Tibbetts said in an interview with the Des Moines Register that
he was compelled to compose the column after he read what Donald
Trump Jr. had written.
The president’s son could not immediately be reached for
comment.
Tibbetts also informed the newspaper about an appalling robocall
he received at home from a neo-Nazi website calling the Tibbetts
traitors to their race. It claimed if Mollie could be brought
back to life, she would say of immigrants, “Kill them all.”
“It was unbelievably painful,” recalled Tibbetts, who said his
wife, Kacey Auston-Tibbetts, became physically ill when she
heard the call. “It was everything that’s dark and wrong in
America right now.”
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Re: ‘Don’t Use Mollie’ To Push Racism, Says Dad
By: BJ Date: September 4, 2018, 11:08 am
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I can see where he would not want it publicized.
His action of hiring Illegal Aliens is what led directly to her
being killed.
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Re: ‘Don’t Use Mollie’ To Push Racism, Says Dad
By: Seenscadmfor Date: September 4, 2018, 8:19 pm
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Nobody would want their child used by politicians. Why would
they? What a horrible thing for your child to be murdered only
to have some seedy politicians jump on it and use it for
political purposes. Have they no shame?
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Re: ‘Don’t Use Mollie’ To Push Racism, Says Dad
By: Highpockets Date: September 4, 2018, 9:33 pm
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[quote author=Seenscadmfor link=topic=1766.msg27504#msg27504
date=1536110383]
Nobody would want their child used by politicians. Why would
they? What a horrible thing for your child to be murdered only
to have some seedy politicians jump on it and use it for
political purposes. Have they no shame?
[/quote]
Politicians - so no, they have no shame.
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