Trump fills Phoenix with racially charged language, accusing media and fellow Republicans of failings

PHOENIX _ As protesters massed on the streets of Phoenix, President Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed a vitriolic, 76-minute speech mocking those who considered his response to the Charlottesville white supremacist march racist, adopting racially charged language and hinting that he would pardon former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, long accused of brutality against Latinos.

He re-read for more than 16 minutes the remarks he had uttered after violence in Virginia claimed the life of a woman protesting the white supremacists, omitting the remarks in which he said that both sides were to blame and occupied the same plane in his view.

"The words were perfect," he said.

But even as he sought to dismiss one racially fraught controversy, he ignited