Sentences with phrase «white nationalist protesters»

A Twitter account, «Yes, You're Racist» is working to uncover the identity of the white nationalist protesters.

President Donald Trump found himself increasingly isolated in a racial crisis of his own making yesterday, abandoned by the nation's top business executives, contradicted by military leaders and shunned by Republicans outraged by his defense of white nationalist protesters in Charlottesville, Va..

Kenneth C. Frazier, chief executive of Merck, the pharmaceuticals company, on Monday resigned from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council after the president failed to directly condemn the white nationalist protesters at the center of violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.

WASHINGTON — President Trump found himself increasingly isolated in a racial crisis of his own making on Wednesday, abandoned by the nation's top business executives, contradicted by military leaders and shunned by Republicans outraged by his defense of white nationalist protesters in Charlottesville, Va..

Not exact matches

I believe this clearly can not be tolerated,» Shulkin said when asked about whether it was appropriate to compare the actions of the white nationalists to the protesters opposing them.

He said that while neo-Nazis and white nationalists «should be condemned totally,» Trump said protesters in the other group «also had trouble - makers.

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.

Clashes between protesters and counterprotesters broke out in Charlottesville, Va. even after a white nationalist rally called «Unite the Right» was cancelled.

He resigned from his role as a Trump adviser on regulatory reform in August, just as several other presidential advisers cut ties with Trump following his response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one protester dead.

Asked about the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Mr Trump defended some who had gathered to protect the statue of General Lee, and criticised the «alt - left» counter protesters who had confronted them.

Six years before police say he rammed his car into protesters in Charlottesville, Va., James Fields, a Nazi - obsessed white nationalist, threatened his own mother with a knife, according to 911 calls released yesterday.

Taking down statues of Confederate figures is «just like» removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks, said Maine Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, adding that the white nationalist and far - left protesters in Charlottesville over the weekend were «equally as bad» and «disgusting.»

The discussion surrounding the Columbus statue began after after a protester was killed during a violent rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia last month stemming from the removal of Confederate monuments.

White nationalists and counter protester clashed violently in Charlottesville over the removal of a Confederate statue.