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joe438 says
She brought out the debunked stuff- the fine people on both sides,
Trump DID say "you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides." Here's the play-by-play.
On Saturday Aug 12 2017, in remarks from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said: "We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides."
He was widely criticized for failing to single out the white supremacists, who were marching in brown uniforms chanting "blood and soil," and one of whom drove a car into a crowd of people killing Heather Heyer and injuring nine others.
Senators Rubio, Hatch, & Cruz, all republicans, described the white supremacists' actions as domestic terrorism. Trump was widely criticized for trying to spread the blame on both sides and for failing to single out the neo-Nazis.
Two days later, on Monday August 14, while among White House spin doctors, Trump corrected his Aug 12 error:
Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans. We are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal. We are equal in the eyes of our creator, we are equal under the law and we are equal under our constitution. Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry, strike at the very core of America.
If only he could have left it alone after that!
Then, on Tuesday Aug. 15, 2017, At Trump Tower Trump reversed himself, undid the damage control, and went back to bothsidesism. At a press conference to discuss an executive order on infrastructure permitting, reporters began asking questions about Trump’s initial response to violent protests in Charlottesville, Va.
It was at this press conference that Trump said that
TRUMP: I do think there is blame – yes, I think there is blame on both sides. You look at, you look at both sides. I think there’s blame on both sides, and I have no doubt about it, and you don’t have any doubt about it either. And, and, and, and if you reported it accurately, you would say.
REPORTER: The neo-Nazis started this thing. They showed up in Charlottesville.
TRUMP: Excuse me, they didn’t put themselves down as neo-Nazis, and you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides.
There you have it, on Aug. 15, 2017 At Trump Tower Trump said "very fine people on both sides."
