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A day after deadly violence in Charlottesville, the Trump White House spent Sunday trying to defend the president’s vague response instead of fixing it. The result was more backlash, more questions, and a growing sense that the administration could not bring itself to clearly denounce white supremacists.
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A day after deadly violence in Charlottesville, the Trump White House spent Sunday trying to defend the president’s vague response instead of fixing it. The result was more backlash, more questions, and a growing sense that the administration could not bring itself to clearly denounce white supremacists.
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A day after deadly violence in Charlottesville, the Trump White House spent Sunday trying to defend the president’s vague response instead of fixing it. The result was more backlash, more questions, and a growing sense that the administration could not bring itself to clearly denounce white supremacists.
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