Trump Re-Ups "Many Sides" Talk About Charlottesville
By JOSH MARSHALL Published SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 3:40 PM
On Air Force One a short time ago, President Trump doubled down on his many sides talk about Charlottesville. The exchange was specifically about Trumps meeting yesterday with Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only African-American Republican in Senate.
This is from the pool report (my emphasis added)
We had a great talk yesterday. I think especially in light of the advent of Antifa, if you look at whats going on there. You have some pretty bad dudes on the other side also and essentially thats what I said. Now because of whats happened since then with Antifa. When you look at really whats happened since Charlottesville, a lot of people are saying and people have actually written, Gee, Trump may have a point. I said theres some very bad people on the other side also. But we had a great conversation. And he has legislation, which I actually like very much, the concept of which I support, to get people into certain areas and building and constructing and putting people to work. I told him yesterday thats a concept I can support very easily.
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