Donald Trump is, by all accounts, a man who does not shy away from criticizing those he disagrees with.
In the wake of his election, Trump has received criticism for not denouncing his racist supporters in as harsh a manner as he criticized Hamiltonor The New York Times.
SEE ALSO:How to lobby your Congressperson but also talk about fun stuff like 'Westworld'As of this writing, Trump, since being elected, has published 12 tweets criticizing the media's coverage of him, 3 criticizing the Broadway show Hamilton and 1 criticizing Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him on Saturday Night Live. He has not tweeted about the 700 reports of hate crimes committed between Nov. 9 and Nov. 26. He has also not tweeted about the racist "alt-right" conference in Washington, in which dozens of Trump supporters Nazi saluted and celebrated his victory.
Set aside politics or norms. If a bunch of racists are playacting Nazism in your name isn't the natural response to be personally furious?
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 22, 2016
Outside of Twitter, Trump has made statements denouncing hate crimes and the alt-right. On 60 Minutes, Trump told those committing hate crimes to "Stop it." His transition team also issued a statement on the National Policy Institute conference but did not mention the organization by name. In a Nov. 23 interview with The New York Times, Trump said, "I don’t want to energize the group, and I disavow the group," in reference to the alt-right.
Trump's denouncements of racist groups, though he has made them, are certainly less spirited than denouncements he's issued about a number of topics and people in the past, ranging from Rosie O'Donnell to Macy's Department Stores.
Below, we've gathered a list of things that Trump has criticized and disavowed more harshly than his most racist supporters.
Rosie O'Donnell
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 07: Rosie O'Donnell attends "A Night of Comedy with Jane Fonda: Fund for Women's Equality & the ERA Coalition" on February 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Fund for Women's Equality/ ERA Coalition)Credit: Getty Images for Fund for Women'Donald Trump's 10-year-long feud with Rosie O'Donnell has been well documented in the press. Trump has called O'Donnell "disgusting," "a degenerate" and said she has a "fat, ugly face" and that he wanted to sue her and "take some money out of her fat-ass pockets."
A search shows that Trump has mentioned O'Donnell on Twitter 60 times -- 60 more times than he has tweeted condemnation at his supporters like NPI head Richard Spencer, who believes in "peaceful ethnic cleansing."
I feel sorry for Rosie 's new partner in love whose parents are devastated at the thought of their daughter being with @Rosie--a true loser.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2011
Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb - other than that I like her very much!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2014
Macy's Department Stores
CHICAGO - FEBRUARY 02: Customers leave a Macy's store along the Magnificent Mile February 2, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. Today Macy's Inc. announced that it will cut nearly 4 percent of its workforce, 7,000 jobs, and cut owners dividends by 8.25 cents to 5 cents. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesIn July 2015, Macy's "discontinued" it's business relationship with Trump following his comments about Mexican immigrants being "rapists." Trump responded by issuing a statement about the department store on Instagram and criticizing the company for a $650,000 settlement it paid over alleged racial profiling.
The then-nominee said that Macy's stores are "bad for U.S.A." -- something he has yet to say about groups who support him like the NPI, whose president stated that the institute's goal is an "ethno-state that would be a gathering point for all Europeans... a new society based on very different ideals than, say, the Declaration of Independence."
Interesting that @Macys criticized me but just paid $650,000 in fines for racial profiling. Are they racists?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2015
I hope the boycott of @Macys continues forever. So many people are cutting up their cards. Macy's stores suck and they are bad for U.S.A.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2015
Journalists
DETROIT, MI - MARCH 03: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets reporters in the spin room following a debate sponsored by Fox News at the Fox Theatre on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Voters in Michigan will go to the polls March 8 for the State's primary. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesPresident-elect Trump has made many statements claiming he's been treated unfairly in the press. At a campaign event in July he referred to journalists as "terrible people," which is something he has not called those committing hate crimes following the election.
Trump has also tweeted several harsh statements about individual journalists on both sides of the political aisle.
Katie Couric, the third rate reporter, who has been largely forgotten, should be ashamed of herself for the fraudulent editing of her doc.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2016
I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct. Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2016
John McCain
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 07: Committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) questions U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter during a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee July 7, 2015 in Washington, DC. Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (R) testified on the topic of "Counter-ISIL Strategy." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesAside from claiming that Senator John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured in July 2015, Trump has hurled negative remarks at the former presidential nominee on Twitter several times.
In one tweet, Trump called McCain, "very foul mouthed" -- a label he has not pointed toward supporters drawing swastikas or one who reportedly shouted, "They'll deport you soon, don't worry, you fucking terrorist" at an Uber driver.
.@SenJohnMcCain should be defeated in the primaries. Graduated last in his class at Annapolis--dummy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2015
The very foul mouthed Sen. John McCain begged for my support during his primary (I gave, he won), then dropped me over locker room remarks!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2016
Neil Young and "Rockin' In The Free World"
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Neil Young and Crazy Horse perform on stage at British Summer Time Festival>> at Hyde Park on July 12, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesTrump became upset with the "Rockin' In The Free World" musician when his campaign was asked to stop using the song during events. Trump, from the campaign trail, shot off three tweets in one day calling Young a hypocrite and stating that he "Didn't love [the song] anyway]."
Young's request to not use the song elicited a harsher Twitter response in Trump than the NPI conference in Washington in which a group celebrating his election referred to America as "...until this past generation a white country designed for ourselves and our posterity."
.@Neilyoung’s song, “Rockin’ In The Free World” was just one of 10 songs used as background music. Didn’t love it anyway.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2015
For the nonbeliever, here is a photo of @Neilyoung in my office and his $$ request—total hypocrite. pic.twitter.com/Xm4BJvetIa
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2015
Vaccinations
HIALEAH, FL - AUGUST 08: Barbara Dale, a school nurse, prepares an immunization needle for a child August 8, 2007 in Hialeah, Florida. The free immunization is part of the Miami-Dade County Health Department's program to help children heading back to school. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesTrump claims to "believe in vaccinations" but has been outspoken about multiple shots at once and their link to autism. The president-elect has brought up his debunked vaccine theory at a GOP debate in September and has denounced certain types of vaccinations on Twitter since 2012.
Trump's harsh (and unfounded) condemnation of vaccines greatly outweighs his condemnation of groups like the National Policy Institute, whose president used the term "Lügenpresse" to refer to the mainstream media on Nov. 21. Lügenpresse is a word once invoked by the Nazi party to refer to their critics in the press.
If I were President I would push for proper vaccinations but would not allow one time massive shots that a small child cannot take - AUTISM.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2014
I am being proven right about massive vaccinations—the doctors lied. Save our children & their future.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2014
The musical Hamilton
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Actor Leslie Odom, Jr. (L) and actor, composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (R) perform on stage during "Hamilton" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater on February 15, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesTrump blasted Broadway's smash hit Hamiltonthree separate times on Twitter, following an incident in which VP-elect Mike Pence was booed by audience members and respectfully addressed by the cast following the show's bows on Nov. 18.
Trump took to Twitter to call the cast "very rude" and state that the show is "highly overrated." Trump, of course, has yet to call hateful messages like the swastikas painted on playground equipment in Brooklyn "very rude" on the same platform.
The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016
The cast and producers of Hamilton, which I hear is highly overrated, should immediately apologize to Mike Pence for their terrible behavior
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2016
Saturday Night Live
Credit: nbc universalTrump's recent feud with Saturday Night Liveseems to have severed his positive experience hosting in 2015. Trump is not a fan of Alec Baldwin's impersonation of him and feels the show has gone down in quality.
Trump, who tweeted "Equal time for us?" following the Nov. 19 show, has not spent an equal amount of time denouncing racist messages left in schools around the country following his election, like one in a Georgia high school that stated a teacher should "hang [her]self" with her headscarf.
Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me.Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2016
I watched parts of @nbcsnl Saturday Night Live last night. It is a totally one-sided, biased show - nothing funny at all. Equal time for us?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2016
Mark Cuban
HOUSTON, TX - APRIL 18: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban waits on the court prior to the start of the game between the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets during Game One in the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs on April 18, 2015 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesFellow billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has had an on-again, off-again relationship with Trump. President-elect Trump has spent hours on Twitter denouncing the talents and personality of Cuban, calling him an "asshole" and a "weak man with a big mouth."
Trump has not called anyone involved with the NPI (whose president Richard Spencer referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as "a fraud and degenerate") an asshole.
.@mcuban is so short off the tee he can't have much of a punch. He's just a weak man with a big mouth!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 19, 2013
Major League Baseball was really smart when they wouldn't let Mark Cuban buy a team. Was it his financials or the fact that he's an asshole?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 5, 2014
Climate change
WASHINGTON - MARCH 2: Activists hold signs as they participate in the Power Shift '09 rally on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol March 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Youth activists called for urgent congressional actions on climate change, energy and the economy. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Credit: Getty ImagesDonald Trump's views on climate change have been widely reported on -- he has said it is a Chinese hoax. Since 2011, the president-elect has criticized climate science and those who support it on Twitter. Trump has referred to climate change as "bullshit" that "has got to stop" -- a firm directive he hasn't used on the more than 700 reported hate crimes committed between November 9 and November 16.
This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2014
The people that gave you global warming are the same people that gave you ObamaCare!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24, 2013
Windmills are the greatest threat in the US to both bald and golden eagles. Media claims fictional ‘global warming’ is worse.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2014
As of this writing, President-elect Trump has tweeted 56 times. He has yet to strongly condemn hateful messages, hate crimes or groups like the NPI who support "peaceful ethnic cleansing."
I love Twitter.... it's like owning your own newspaper--- without the losses.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2012
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