Why Can’t Trump Just Condemn Nazis?
In marking the one-year anniversary of a white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, the president again fails to differentiate between bigots and those who oppose them.
When violence erupted during a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, one year ago this weekend, President Trump was slow to respond. When he did, his response was shockingly diffident, condemning the “egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides.”
The president was faster to comment on the anniversary of the march. Saturday morning, he tweeted:
The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. We must come together as a
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
