Mother of Charlottesville suspect: 'I just knew he was going to a rally ... something with Trump'

ABC News ^ | August 13, 2017 | David Caplan

[2ndDivisionVet]

The mother of the man who allegedly plowed into a group of people protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in Virginia said she knew her son was attending a rally -- but she thought it was a rally for President Trump, not for white nationalists.

In an interview Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio, with The Associated Press, Samantha Bloom said of her son James Alex Fields Jr., "I just knew he was going to a rally. I mean, I try to stay out of his political views. You know, we don't, you know, I don't really get too involved, I moved him out to his own apartment, so we -- I'm watching his cat."

Bloom was informed by The AP reporter that the rally was indeed organized by white nationalists. "I thought it had something to do with Trump. Trump's not a white supremacist," she said.

"He had an African-American friend so ...," she said before her voice trailed off.

In an interview with The Toledo Blade, she said, "I told him to be careful. [And] if they’re going to rally to make sure he’s doing it peacefully.”

Bloom told The AP she didn't even know about the incident until she spoke with the AP reporter. She said she was indeed surprised with the deadly outcome. "Yeah, that he would run his car into a group of people for... I'm really not clear on..."(continued)

[Delta 21]

Losers get booted at 3 month. Total non-hacker Most likey psych or nonconformity.

Bet you a dime he is on anti-depressants.

[napscoordinator]

I don’t know about that. He was registered republican. Probably a RINO. We are infested with them especially in congress.

[central_va]

The country IS Balkanized.

[Leep]

What is a white nationalist

It’s a convenient way for the media of inferring that any pro-American white male, to the right of b.obama, is a racist hater.

[sam_whiskey]

Not hardly. I don’t give a damn what other people think about what I say, if I believe it, I’m going to say it.

[Jane Long]

Tell me that this mom wasn’t prepped with a script of exactly what to say.

She was ready, with her memo.

[Iscool]

What is a white nationalist in the first place? I have never heard of it until now.

You...You are a white nationalist if you love the U.S., voted for Trump and you are white...

[dljordan]

“If you don't smell a rat your nose is clogged up.”

I knew it last night when everyone was going completely nuts. I thought ‘ just give it a day or two and it's going to come out’.

[dljordan]

“Pretending that she didn’t know her son was a Nazi.”

Why does everyone have to be a NAZI? He probably couldn’t even describe what a NAZI is.

[Starboard]

Excellent analysis. Nailed it!

[sargon]

I’m with you 100 percent. I don’t want those monuments removed or street names changed either, for the reasons you stated. I think it is WRONG to erase our history, regardless of whether that history is good, bad, or indifferent. My feelings on the matter have nothing to do with race, however. I stand up for ideas and principles. I don’t stand up for skin color, and it riles me when I see these cretins talk about “standing up for the white race”, playing right into the liberal media’s narrative about conservatives. They may claim to be conservatives, but they’re kindred spirits with those on the left who dedicate themselves to dividing this country based upon race, class, gender, etc.

Thank you. Well said.

[Krosan]

This organization he belonged to is self described fascist. Here are couple of their posters.

[dljordan]

They’re saying he is Jewish himself. It will all be explained in a few days.

[MinuteGal]

"Faux Snooze made me sick yesterday...."

Fox News was even more sickening during the evening with their parade of empty-headed, cookie-cutter news babes denigrating "white" nationalists and slyly getting in snarky digs at President Trump at every opportunity.

With some exceptions such as Hannity, Judge Jeanine, Dobbs, Fox is henceforth a network non grata with me.

Leni

[entropy12]

Lots of Fox News talking heads are part of the DC Swamp.
If one is against multi-culturism, against cheap imported labor, for border tax, against foreign nation building, then the swamp considers one a non-grata.

With all that, other cable news is far worse.

[Sequoyah101]

Teach your children well.

The lives of this family are pretty much destroyed. Of course a life has ended and others horribly maimed because of this failed young man.

[pax_et_bonum]

She's told that her child just ran his car into a crowd of people and then she continues to have a calm conversation with strangers about cats and politics?

[kanawa]

Are you leaping to a conclusion or did you follow a trail of evidence to reach that conclusion?

[Josa]

Registered Republican. Would like to see if he actually VOTED republican. When did he register

[KrisKrinkle]

“...Dodge Challenger with a beat in nose...”

Has anybody said why the airbag didn’t go off? My understanding is that when he airbag goes off in a modern car the fuel supply is cutoff and the car just sits there. That obviously didn’t happen.