Pres. Trump maintains he 'answered perfectly' when he said there were 'very fine people on both sides' of clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
President Donald Trump maintained he"answered perfectly" when he said there were"very fine people on both sides" of clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The president went on to defend the legacy of Lee, who led the Confederate Army in the Civil War in defense of states' rights to maintain slavery. The "Unite the Right" rally took place Aug. 11 and 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, where white nationalists protested the city’s decision to remove a statue of Lee. Rally participants chanted anti-Semitic, Nazi-associated phrases and clashed with counterprotesters.
The 2017 comments drew fresh attention after former Vice President Joe Biden highlighted them in his announcement that he is running for president.
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