Trump says there were 'two sides' to the Charlottesville violence
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that the counter-protesters demonstrating against white nationalism were also to blame for the violence at the race-fueled riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.
“There are two sides to a story. I thought what took place was a horrible moment for the country, but there are two sides to a story,” the president said at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
He also said the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville was important to the people in the march, and asked whether opponents of such monuments were also prepared to take down statues to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson because they also owned slaves.
NBC.com
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