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After a literal Nazi literally killed someone at a literal Nazi rally, the President issued a statement in which he said that violence is bad and that both side

After a literal Nazi literally killed someone at a literal Nazi rally, the President issued a statement in which he said that violence is bad and that both sides were to blame. Two days later, after basically everyone on the planet (including GOP leadership, because even spineless gutter-feeders can tell what an obvious political slam-dunk this is) had had a chance to suggest to him that maybe the literal Nazis literally killing people were maybe a tiny bit more at fault than the woman that they had killed for standing across the street from them and peacefully counter-protesting, he finally issued another statement saying that white supremacists maybe aren't so great after all. You'll forgive me for not putting too much stock in the second statement, given the circumstances.

ams6110 9y ago
Not all the counter-protesters were peaceful. Best thing that could have happened would be for everyone to ignore this small fringe wacko group of people. This was instead taken as an opportunity to create a crisis, which could then be used to advance a narrative.
aaron-lebo 9y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not defending nazis, murderers, or nazi murderers. Trump's statement seems thoughtless but it's not completely incorrect. For months we've had antifa protesters who have gotten into violent fights with nazis and alt-right supporters at rallies. There's a lot of people very proud of that. At the very least at this rally there were antifa protesters carrying bats and wearing helmets, using pepper spray, etc. Now whether that's justified is another issue, but a lot of us would like it if the fringes of both sides would chill out, before violence they can't control breaks out as it so often can do.