Trump Takes Heat for Blaming Charlottesville Violence on ‘Many Sides’
Politics Aug 12 2017, 5:58 pm ET
Trump Takes Heat for Blaming Charlottesville Violence on ‘Many Sides’
by Phil Helsel, Ariana Brockington and Marianna Sotomayor
President Donald Trump sparked a backlash Saturday when he suggested "many sides" were to blame for the deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia.
Democrats criticized the president for failing to single out white nationalists, and several Republicans issued statements mentioning white nationalism or white supremacists. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said on Twitter: "We should call evil by its name."
In remarks from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he has been on a working vacation, Trump made the following statement: "We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides."
READ MORE: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-hous...
Trump Takes Heat for Blaming Charlottesville Violence on ‘Many Sides’
by Phil Helsel, Ariana Brockington and Marianna Sotomayor
President Donald Trump sparked a backlash Saturday when he suggested "many sides" were to blame for the deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia.
Democrats criticized the president for failing to single out white nationalists, and several Republicans issued statements mentioning white nationalism or white supremacists. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said on Twitter: "We should call evil by its name."
In remarks from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he has been on a working vacation, Trump made the following statement: "We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides."
READ MORE: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-hous...
