Early
Thursday morning, Trump lashed out at fellow Rep. Graham, accusing the SC
senator of a “disgusting lie” for stating Trump drew a “moral equivalency” in between
white supremacists and the ones protesting them within Charlottesville.
Trump
tweeted, publicity seeking Graham falsely claimed that he said there’s moral
equivalency between white supremacists, neo-Nazis, the KKK…and those such as
Ms. Heyer. That’s a disgusting lie. He simply cannot forget his election
trouncing. Citizens of SC will remember!
Trump’s
reference to the election invoked the senator’s short-lived 2016 Rep.
presidential nomination bid which Donald Trump eventually won.
While
various elected Republicans criticized the U.S. president for his response
concerning the violence in Charlottesville over the weekend, the senator issued
an especially strong condemnation.
He stated
‘Through Trump’s statements yesterday, he took one step back by once again
implying there’s moral equivalency in between the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white
supremacist members who went to the rally in Charlottesville and those similar
to Ms. Heyer. I don’t endorse the moral
equivalency.’
Ms. Heyer
was the counter-protester who was killed in a vehicle attack on Saturday on the
white nationalist rally sidelines inside Virginia.
Initially,
Trump took heat for blaming ‘several sides’ for that violence. Then he
condemned neo-Nazis and white supremacists, only to go back to defending his
initial statement.
Trump,
within those remarks, stated that both sides share blame and implied that some
‘fine individuals’ went to the rally.
The
comments welcomed a fresh round of criticism from Rep. lawmakers, as well as accelerated
an exodus of business execs from a couple of advisory councils – which, in
turn, he disbanded when they were coming apart.
Trump
fired back at Fake News and said they totally misrepresent what he says in
regard to bigotry and hate. He tweeted, “Shame!”
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