Trump’s Charlottesville Response Lands as a Self-Inflicted Mess
A deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville put Trump on the spot, and his first public response on August 12 landed as evasive, delayed, and politically poisonous. The statement condemned violence in broad terms but did not directly call out the racist groups at the center of the event, triggering immediate criticism from lawmakers and allies alike. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-2017DIGEST/pdf/DCPD-2017DIGEST.pdf))
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Trump’s Charlottesville Response Lands as a Self-Inflicted Mess
A deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville put Trump on the spot, and his first public response on August 12 landed as evasive, delayed, and politically poisonous. The statement condemned violence in broad terms but did not directly call out the racist groups at the center of the event, triggering immediate criticism from lawmakers and allies alike. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-2017DIGEST/pdf/DCPD-2017DIGEST.pdf))
A deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville put Trump on the spot, and his first public response on August 12 landed as evasive, delayed, and politically poisonous. The statement condemned violence in broad terms but did not directly call out the racist groups at the center of the event, triggering immediate criticism from lawmakers and allies alike. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-20…
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