Trump Saw 'Many Sides' While Some Republicans Saw White Supremacy, Domestic Terrorism
After the president spoke about an "egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides," some Republicans took him to task. And, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack Obama tweeted, too.
As events in Charlottesville, Va., unfolded Saturday, political leaders used Twitter to respond to the violent confrontations that began Friday night — at a "Unite the Right" rally that pitted members of the alt-right, Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups against anti-racism counter-protesters — and turned deadly the next afternoon when a car plowed into a group of pedestrians.
Republican officials, from the president to members of the House and Senate, went online to speak out against bigotry and violence — with President Trump
