President Donald Trump signed a resolution
condemning white supremacists and hate groups, hours after reviving his assertion that there were «bad dudes» among those opposing a white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, last month.
But Trump had been criticized for not explicitly
condemning white supremacists after violent clashes with counter-protestors turned deadly in the Virginia college town Saturday.
I have already made clear my abhorrence at the recent hate - spawned violence in Charlottesville, and earlier today I called on all leaders to
condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence.
Some Republican lawmakers acted swiftly to
condemn white supremacists after President Donald Trump blamed «both sides» for the violent clash in Charlottesville.
After white nationalists clashed with protesters in Charlottesville this weekend, Trump did not initially
condemn white supremacists or racists by name, prompting sharp criticism from all sides.
«And when the president gets into the kind of controversy he does, and the U.N. committee responds the way it does, they begin to doubt whether we are living those values,» Wallace said, referring to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's criticism of the United States government's failure to adequately
condemn white supremacists and the events in Charlottesville.
Donald Trump said he's disbanding two advisory groups of American business leaders, after CEOs quit this week as the president faced blowback for failing to sufficiently
condemn white supremacists.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined the chorus of condemnation around the president's failure to unequivocally
condemn white supremacist groups.
Energy researcher Daniel Kammen faults president's positions on climate change, energy and his failure to
condemn white supremacists
Roughly three months later, on Aug. 18, members of the president's Committee on Arts and Humanities resigned en masse after Trump failed to adequately
condemn a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Politico reported.
Planned Parenthood issued the following statement
condemning the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA..
Washington, DC — Today, Planned Parenthood issued the below statement
condemning the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA..
Not exact matches
Frazier's resignation comes in the wake of a violent rally by neo-Nazis and
white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, where a 32 - year - old woman was killed by a home - grown terrorist who drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors — an act of hate - filled savagery that President Trump declined to squarely
condemn.
Trump's inflammatory press conference on Tuesday — in which he walked back his previous comments
condemning of neo-Nazi and
white supremacist groups by essentially conflating their actions at Charlottesville with those of the counter-protesters — accelerated the fallout.
In a private phone call late Wednesday morning, CEOs who were part of a strategic council to Trump agreed to disband the group and
condemn Trump's confrontational response to a violent
white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Cohn, who is Jewish, said that the president must do better «in consistently and unequivocally
condemning» groups like the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and
white supremacists.
But Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was more specific when he resigned a short time later, writing that while he had urged leaders to
condemn «
white supremacists and their ilk,» many in Washington «seem more concerned with attacking anyone who disagrees with them.»
Frazier's decision to step down from the council came after President Trump failed to immediately
condemn head - on the
white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend led to violence — including the brutal death of a 32 - year - old counter-protester.
In regard to the president's comments, Brady said it is important for every leader, including Trump, to strongly
condemn the KKK,
white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
Brady also says it is important for every leader, including President Donald Trump, to strongly
condemn the KKK,
white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
If, before aa meeting, a
white supremacist group came out and priased all the
white poeple, and
condemned all the rest... if you were a minority in that meeting, would it make you feel like you are an equal participant in that governemnt business, or would you feel ostricized and intentionally singled out?
After he was widely criticized for only knocking violence from «many sides» at a
white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Trump delivered a statement explicitly
condemning the «KKK, neo-Nazis,
white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.»
Trump
condemned «this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides» in Virginia after a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr., 20, plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting the
white supremacist rally.
A statement yesterday — issued more than 36 hours after the protests began —
condemned «
white supremacists» for the violence that led to one death.
Cuomo also launched an online petition calling for Trump to more clearly
condemn and denounce
white supremacists.
Cohn said then that the administration «can and must do better in consistently and unequivocally
condemning» hate groups after Trump blamed both
white supremacists and counter-protesters for Charlottesville and said there were «some very fine people» among those protesting alongside
white supremacists.
The
White House, under siege over Trump's equivocal response to the incident, on Sunday condemned «white supremacists» for inciting the violence that led to one d
White House, under siege over Trump's equivocal response to the incident, on Sunday
condemned «
white supremacists» for inciting the violence that led to one d
white supremacists» for inciting the violence that led to one death.
He claimed there were «fine people» marching alongside
white supremacists and he
condemned the «very violent» people protesting against the neo-Nazis.
Donald Trump passed up a chance today to
condemn former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and other
white supremacists who've expressed support for his 2016 presidential bid.
Scrutiny has been further placed on anti-Semitic activity as President Donald Trump was slow to
condemn both the incidents as well as the support he's received from
white supremacist groups during his campaign.
«After the deadly and ugly events in Charlottesville I am calling on President Trump to clearly and unequivocally
condemn and denounce the violent protest organized by
white supremacists and neo-Nazis including Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler, with support from David Duke,» Cuomo wrote in his online statement posted Sunday.
In his comments Monday at the
White House, Trump condemned the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and white supremacists, calling the hate groups «repugnant» and declaring that «racism is evil.&r
White House, Trump
condemned the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and
white supremacists, calling the hate groups «repugnant» and declaring that «racism is evil.&r
white supremacists, calling the hate groups «repugnant» and declaring that «racism is evil.»
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Katko called for Americans to unite against bigotry and
white supremacists as pressure mounted today on President Donald Trump to explicitly
condemn hate groups after race - fueled clashes turned violent this weekend in Charlottesville, Va..
Dr. Rosenberg, head of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., took his denouncement a step further than most, however,
condemning both the gathering of neo-Nazis and
white supremacists in Charlottesville and the «disgracefully inadequate response to that display of hatred and bigotry from the White House» that foll
white supremacists in Charlottesville and the «disgracefully inadequate response to that display of hatred and bigotry from the
White House» that foll
White House» that followed.
We strongly
condemn the racist ideology displayed in Charlottesville and find the hateful actions of
white supremacists egregious and unacceptable.