Sentences with phrase «white supremacists protesting»

While clashes were reported earlier in the day Saturday, the «Unite the Right» rally of white supremacists protesting the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, turned deadly when a man ran his car into a group of counter-protesters.

President Trump apportioned blame «on many sides» after violence broke out at the Charlottesville white supremacist protest.

If they denounce in stronger terms, not just the disproportionate and murderous violence of some, but the violent ideology at the heart of the white supremacist protest.

Not exact matches

Nearly two - thirds of respondents also said they'd support calling up the National Guard or reserves to address civil unrest like that seen in Charlottesville in August, when white supremacists clashed with counterprotestors, one of whom was killed by a car driven by a man who had protested with a white - supremacist group.

The tweet also contains a link to this piece in the New York Times, which explains why it's dangerous to equate anti-fascist protest groups («alt - left») with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and Ku Klux Klan members.

Planned removal of a statue of Civil War General Robert E. Lee sparked protests by white supremacists, which in turn inspired counter protests.

On Aug. 14, Trump issued a stronger condemnation of the white supremacists and nationalists and neo-Nazis who planned the rally to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

The move came after the manufacturing council witnessed an exodus of members in the wake of Trump's handling of the white - supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.

Pressure to leave the groups has built following a press conference Trump held in New York Tuesday where he placed partial blame for the weekend violence on demonstrators protesting a gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The condemnation descended on the president a day after he told reporters in a defiant news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan that «alt - left» demonstrators were just as responsible for the violence in Charlottesville last weekend as the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who instigated protests that led to the death of a 32 - year - old woman, struck down by a car driven by a right - wing activist.

The «Unite the Right» rally — which drew white supremacists and neo-Nazis from around the country — stemmed from protests over the planned removal of a statue of Lee, the Confederate General.

He made the decision to donate to Charlottesville following the violent protests by white supremacists this summer.

At the beginning of the Fall 2017 semester, white supremacist groups had just sparked a national debate on racism with a series of protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Moody students of color were reeling with other minorities across America.

Earlier this year there were protests over the future of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville as well as violent rallies by white supremacists and neo-Nazis, prompting the discussion in Alexandria to progress.

Thousands of people in New York City and Washington D.C. gathered yesterday to protest President Trump's response to the deadly violence that broke out at the white supremacist rally.

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.

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.

He claimed there were «fine people» marching alongside white supremacists and he condemned the «very violent» people protesting against the neo-Nazis.

On Saturday, a far more serious and consequential series of events occurred in Virginia as far right organizations, neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups protested the removal of a Confederate statute Charlottesville.

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.

«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.

Ivette Alfonso, president of the state board of Citizen Action of New York, said she was not surprised by the disturbing outcome of the Unite the Right march that gathered KKK, neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups to protest the removal of a monument to Confederate War hero Robert E. Lee.

White supremacist Chris Cantwell has been kicked off the dating website OkCupid following his participation in the recent Charlottesville, Va. protests that sent shockwaves across the U.S.

A white supremacist group hung a banner over a Bay Bridge tunnel in San Francisco in protest of its sanctuary city policy.

Hess Protests Too Much: Your editor keeps a few things in mind when it comes to American Enterprise Institute education czar Rick Hess» jeremiad in Education Week about a protest banner accusing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos of being a White Supremacist during her appearance last month at Harvard University.