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The one-year mark of the Charlottesville violence put Trump back in the hot seat over race and extremism. Coverage and commentary on August 6 focused on the White House’s failure to make the president’s response to white supremacy look less toxic, leaving him exposed to fresh criticism that he still won’t speak plainly about the movement that marched in 2017.
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The one-year mark of the Charlottesville violence put Trump back in the hot seat over race and extremism. Coverage and commentary on August 6 focused on the White House’s failure to make the president’s response to white supremacy look less toxic, leaving him exposed to fresh criticism that he still won’t speak plainly about the movement that marched in 2017.
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