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Republican senators call Charlottesville crash 'domestic terrorism,' call out Trump
Trump said at a bill signing Saturday afternoon that he condemned "this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on display on many sides, on many sides."
That garnered criticism from many of the president's detractors for his unwillingness to criticize white supremacists who support him. Trump ignored several questions yelled to him by reporters asking his white supremacist support.
When asked the clarify Trump's remarks, the White House told NBC's Hallie Jackson in a statement, "The president was condemning hatred, bigotry, and violence from all sources and all sides. There was violence between protesters and counter-protesters today."
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley also criticized the white supremacists for their violent tactics and the car crash, which police have not ruled as intentional yet.
"What 'WhiteNatjonalist (sic)' are doing in Charlottesville is homegrown terrorism that can't be tolerated anymore," he tweeted.
3 people are dead and at least 33 injured after a 20-year-old man rammed his car into a group of counterprotestors, killing one person and injuring 19. This was the same method of attack seen in Paris and London and condemned as Muslim terrorism. The driver, a 20-year-old Ohio man named James Alex Fields, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. In addition, two state troopers were also killed when their helicopter, which had been assisting with the police response to the rally, crashed outside the city later in the day.
This was domestic terrorism. A white supremacist rammed his car into a crowd of protesting pedestrians because he had fervent beliefs that made him want them dead. This man drove from Ohio to Virginia - oddly enough Ohio was a Union state that played a a key part in defeating the Confederates. He came to involve himself in a local matter that did not involve him - he came to join a hate group and marched with torches shouting antisemitic and racist slogans. Clearly that wasn't enough for him. Witnesses say he stopped his car and looked at them - then hit the gas and hit the gas and slammed into 2 cars, driving them into the pedestrian crowd - then he backed up and left the scene.
An hour after these people were killed, an hour later Trump addressed the intensifying situation in Charlottesville He did not specifically address the vehicular attack. He did not condemn the white nationalist and white supremacist groups that had arrived in the city to protest — and the president did not call out any of those groups by name. Instead, the president shared blame between protesters and counter-protesters for failing to maintain peace in Charlottesville, with no mention of the terrorist attack..
Trump said at a bill signing Saturday afternoon that he condemned "this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on display on many sides, on many sides."
That garnered criticism from many of the president's detractors for his unwillingness to criticize white supremacists who support him. Trump ignored several questions yelled to him by reporters asking his white supremacist support.
When asked the clarify Trump's remarks, the White House told NBC's Hallie Jackson in a statement, "The president was condemning hatred, bigotry, and violence from all sources and all sides. There was violence between protesters and counter-protesters today."
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley also criticized the white supremacists for their violent tactics and the car crash, which police have not ruled as intentional yet.
"What 'WhiteNatjonalist (sic)' are doing in Charlottesville is homegrown terrorism that can't be tolerated anymore," he tweeted.
3 people are dead and at least 33 injured after a 20-year-old man rammed his car into a group of counterprotestors, killing one person and injuring 19. This was the same method of attack seen in Paris and London and condemned as Muslim terrorism. The driver, a 20-year-old Ohio man named James Alex Fields, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. In addition, two state troopers were also killed when their helicopter, which had been assisting with the police response to the rally, crashed outside the city later in the day.
This was domestic terrorism. A white supremacist rammed his car into a crowd of protesting pedestrians because he had fervent beliefs that made him want them dead. This man drove from Ohio to Virginia - oddly enough Ohio was a Union state that played a a key part in defeating the Confederates. He came to involve himself in a local matter that did not involve him - he came to join a hate group and marched with torches shouting antisemitic and racist slogans. Clearly that wasn't enough for him. Witnesses say he stopped his car and looked at them - then hit the gas and hit the gas and slammed into 2 cars, driving them into the pedestrian crowd - then he backed up and left the scene.
An hour after these people were killed, an hour later Trump addressed the intensifying situation in Charlottesville He did not specifically address the vehicular attack. He did not condemn the white nationalist and white supremacist groups that had arrived in the city to protest — and the president did not call out any of those groups by name. Instead, the president shared blame between protesters and counter-protesters for failing to maintain peace in Charlottesville, with no mention of the terrorist attack..
