Donald Trump Criticised Over Response To Virginia’s White Supremacists Rally Violence

White supremacists clash with counter protesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017.

US President Donald Trump is facing huge criticism for his response to the violence at a white supremacist rally, where a woman was killed and 19 people injured when a car ploughed into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.Mr Trump condemned the violence of ‘hatred, bigotry and violence from many sides’ but senior Republicans and Democrats demand condemnation of the far-right extremists.Republican Senator Cory Gardner said “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.”

White supremacists clash with counter protesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017.

Hundreds of white nationalists converged for Saturday’s “Unite the Right” march, called to protest against the removal of a statue of a Southern civil war hero. The far-right demonstrators, who included neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members, clashed with counter-protesters. People punched and kicked each other, and pepper spray, used by both sides, filled the air.Photo Credit: Getty

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