US President Donald Trump is facing huge criticism for his response to the violence at a white supremacist rally, where a woman was killed and 19 people injured when a car ploughed into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Mr Trump condemned the violence of ‘hatred, bigotry and violence from many sides’ but senior Republicans and Democrats demand condemnation of the far-right extremists.
Republican Senator Cory Gardner said “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.”
Mr Trump condemned the violence of ‘hatred, bigotry and violence from many sides’ but senior Republicans and Democrats demand condemnation of the far-right extremists.Republican Senator Cory Gardner said “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.”
White supremacists clash with counter protesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017.
Hundreds of white nationalists converged for Saturday’s “Unite the Right” march, called to protest against the removal of a statue of a Southern civil war hero. The far-right demonstrators, who included neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members, clashed with counter-protesters. People punched and kicked each other, and pepper spray, used by both sides, filled the air.
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