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'Alt-left' charged at 'alt-right,' Trump says, again placing blame for Charlottesville
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| 8/15/17
| Noah Bierman
Posted on 08/15/2017 2:03:08 PM PDT by ColdOne
President Trumps planned infrastructure announcement unraveled into chaos as he all but erased any credit he got on Monday for condemning white supremacists for the deadly confrontation in Charlottesville, Va.
Trump said it was a horrible day but said several times that counter-protesters were not getting enough scrutiny for their role in the confrontation and emphasized his belief that many of the protesters who joined with white nationalists were innocent.
What about the 'alt-left' that came charging at, as you say, the 'alt-right'? Do they have any semblance of guilt? Trump said. They came charging with clubs in their hands, he said of the counter-protesters.
Trump effectively reopened the debate saying "there is blame on both sides" despite insistence from politicians in both parties that white supremacists and other racists deserved to be singled out.
You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was violent. Nobody wants to say that, but Ill say that, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: altleft; altright; anarchists; anifa; charlottesville; noahbierman; trump45; va; virginia
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To: ColdOne
"....despite insistence from politicians in both parties that white supremacists and other racists deserved to be singled out." Yes, the GOPe Surrender Caucus, the far-left Democrats and the further-left Democrats.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:11:55 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:12:46 PM PDT
by
Bodleian_Girl
(Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:13:34 PM PDT
by
Bodleian_Girl
(Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
To: ColdOne
Good for Trump. Keep telling the truth
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:14:20 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: blueunicorn6
The “reporters” should be rounded up and thrown in prison.
At this point, they represent a real threat to national security.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:14:38 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:15:13 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ColdOne
THAT’S HERESY! in the Progressivist Church.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:16:55 PM PDT
by
arthurus
To: ColdOne
The folks standing at the monument to protect it, were not at fault.
The clowns that came later, including the so-called klan, blm, and antifa ARE the culprits.
The folks protecting the monument, as I see it, were NOT any so-called supremacists.
Besides antifa, blm, you now have the GD mohasmmedans telling Americans that their statues have to go.
There is a moment coming, when some damn fool, from somewhere else, is going to show up in front of, or to the side of the antifa-blm-mohammedan crowd with a fully functional fully automatic weapon, or two or thre dot dot dot. Part of me says it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of folks, and the other part of me dreads that happening to ANY folks, ‘cause those bullets don’t usually stop at the first impacted person.
To: snarkytart
Listening to the Fox News 5 pm EST idiots bash Trump right now. Where is Eric Bolling?!! I'm so sick of this BS—these people are just simply idiots. Once Hannity and Tucker are forced out I won't be able to stomach the channel at all. And this includes you, Judge Janine, for wanting to charge the march organizers for the VA State Police helicopter crash. White people have a right to protest as much as anyone else, and what Trump said was absolutely right. There were decent people in that march as well who were against the bullying of the leftist fascists in our own nation.
To: ColdOne
It's CTRL-LEFT.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:18:11 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw
Soros was apparently paying the White Nationalists’ leaders, too, and perhaps some of their minions. The “leaders’” have histories of supporting Obama and Sanders.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:18:26 PM PDT
by
arthurus
To: ColdOne
Actually, a line of Va State Police behind riot shields pushed the permitted rally attenders out onto the street that was occupied by Antifa, guaranteeing a brawl. It was intentional. The vehicular homicide would never have happened if the VSP had just sent the ralliers out of the park to the empty north.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:18:37 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Jim 0216
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:18:48 PM PDT
by
Bodleian_Girl
(Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
To: Sarah Barracuda
To be Antifa and White Supremacists are ONE..they both have the same agenda..actually wait I take that back..Antifa and ISIS are one.. Here's something they can all come together on and sing Kumbaya. Jew hatred, not just for nazis and klansmen anymore.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:20:04 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
To: ColdOne
That’s the DJT I voted for!
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:20:14 PM PDT
by
Bodleian_Girl
(Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
To: Jim Robinson
Which side brought masks, baseball bats, clubs to a peaceful protest?Which side was armed with semi-automatic rifles?
To: ColdOne
It’s clear there was fighting amongst them. What is not clear is who was doing most of it, or starting it.
How about a crowd count, on each side, for starters?
I’m still not clear who was beating on whom or what because I can’t read anything.
Except a sign at the “quiet” protest at the park with the statue, behind the “shield” guys - “pro-white, not hate”.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:22:16 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: ColdOne
Trump should say to certain “journalists: “If there is no discernable benefit to this constitutional republic by your presence here as a member of “the fourth estate” I see no reason to have you here. Hand in your credentials and get the hell out”.
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:24:25 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
(It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
To: arthurus
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posted on
08/15/2017 2:25:03 PM PDT
by
freedomjusticeruleoflaw
(Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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