White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert went on CNN Sunday to reiterate his boss’s position that both sides are to blame after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia sparked violence and potentially even a murder. On Saturday, Donald Trump blamed “violence on many sides” for the weekend of chaos. Bossert echoed Trump. “I’m sure there […]
Even Donald Trump’s staunchest allies within the Republican Party are having a hard time sticking by his side as he continues to avoid condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis after they murdered at least one counter-protester at their Charlottesville, Virginia rally on Saturday. Luckily for the president, he’ll always have Fox & Friends. The panel didn’t […]
As Donald Trump, his administration, and more than a few Republican allies in Congress turned mealy-mouthed over the weekend in response to Saturday’s deadly rally by white supremacists, Charlottesville, Virginia Mayor Michael Signer exhibited no such restraint, calling out the president for his role in the rise of violent white supremacy. In the aftermath of […]
When Anthony Scaramucci began his brief, ill-fated turn as White House Communications Director, he repeatedly professed his “love” for Donald Trump. Just weeks later, however, he’s already having a falling out with the man he loves. On Saturday, Trump made a widely panned statement on the weekend of violence in Charlottesville, Virginia that was sparked […]
On Saturday, the Justice Department opened its most high profile new investigation into a possible hate crime since the Senate confirmed an attorney general who was once deemed too racist to be a federal judge. The DOJ announced that “the Richmond FBI field office, the Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
Screenshots appear to show the Facebook page of James Fields, the Ohio man police say drove his car into a anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, killing one and wounding 19. The page has been removed from the site. If the page is authentic, it’s clear evidence of white nationalist sympathies. The page went […]
In response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, Donald Trump pointedly refused to condemn the perpetrators, saying that blame for the violence comes from “many sides.” At least one person has died and many others are injured. Even some traditional allies of Trump, like Senator Cory Gardner, have condemned Trump’s silence. Mr. President […]