Actually no. What you're thinking of is the pressure he had to condemn the white supremacists directly. He in fact originally condemned all of the violence from both sides. He didn't single out the white supremacists which is what got Trump haters so riled up.
From your link:
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides," Trump said during a short statement from his private golf club in New Jersey. "It has been going on for a long time in our country -- not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. It has been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in America."
That was not a condemnation of the White Nationalists/KKK/Neo Nazis who were there. There were people chanting Nazi and KKK slogans, and Trump refused to specifically condemn them. The White Supremacists recognized it for what it was:
Neo-Nazis Praise Trump's Response to Charlottesville: 'He Said He Loves Us All'
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Trump was asked for days to specifically distance himself from the White Supremacists. He refused for days. That says it all.
Like I said: "Funny how you and others like you (IE: Trump haters) always seem to forget that and only focus on half of what was actually said."
I focus on
exactly what he said. Trump was offering public support to the White Supremacists by refusing to condemn them. They accepted, and recognized it for what it was. What I can't understand is Trump supporters denying this obvious fact. His later campaign strategy has made it very clear where he stands on using racism to court the racist vote:
Trump's Midterm Closing Argument: Pure Racial Fear
So you see no situation where others might join someone else for a common goal? In the case of Charlottesville to keep a statue in place. Even if they don't like X people? I know I can. For instance I would stand with anyone if the government decided to try and repeal the 1st Amendment. But only for that reason. Not because I supported anything else that they did.
All Trump had to do was specifically condemn the Nazis and KKK, as he was asked to do time and again. He refused. He made it plain at the time he supports White Supremacists, and he has made it clear since. See above link regarding his campaign strategy.
Yes, heard all about that. Just because they think something doesn't make it true. Anymore than you thinking that he never condemned BOTH sides.
Alone? Nope. But Trump just based an entire campaign around fear, hatred, and racism. Again, see the above link. Even FOX News refused to carry his ad, it was so racist.
Fox News, NBC, and Facebook pulled Trump's racist campaign ad
He has courted the White Supremacist vote since day one of his presidential campaign. He has continued courting the White Supremacist vote this last election cycle.
As for the ad, it wasn't racist.
Then we disagree on what is and what isn't racist.
And it wasn't just the ad, Trump's entire campaign was based on fear, hatred, and racism.
