White Nationalists Are Lovin' Trump's Delayed Condemnation Of Hate Groups
By Allegra Kirkland -- Talking Points Memo
The two-day delay between the outbreak of violence at white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and President Donald Trump’s short remarks Monday calling out the “KKK, neo-Nazis, [and] white supremacists” by name was sharply criticized by his critics and allies alike.
The far-right extremists behind the “Unite The Right” rally, held Saturday to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, took notice too.
In delaying an explicit condemnation of hate groups and initially criticizing “many sides” involved in the conflict, these groups said, the President provided political cover and allowed counter-protesters to share blame for the violence, which turned deadly when a man who’d espoused white supremacist views drove his car into the crowd, killing one woman and injuring at least 19 others.
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