UPDATED - 'Racism is evil': Trump explicitly denounces KKK, white supremacists and neo-Nazis

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Source: RawStory

ERIC W. DOLAN
14 AUG 2017 AT 12:44 ET

President Donald Trump said Monday that he condemned the outbreak of violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. He explicitly denounced white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

To anyone who acted criminally in this weekends violence justice will be delivered, the president said.

Trump called the events in Charlottesville an egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence.

The president faced criticism after he addressed the violence over the weekend. Trump said on Saturday that many sides were to blame but made no mention of white nationalists or neo-Nazis.

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UPDATE:

Trump declares 'racism is evil' amid pressure over Charlottesville

The president was widely criticized for waiting until Monday to specifically condemn the hate groups that marched over the weekend.

By LOUIS NELSON 08/14/2017 08:21 AM EDT Updated 08/14/2017 12:59 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Monday denounced the white supremacist groups whose rally in Virginia on Saturday turned deadly, criticizing racist violence in remarks that were much more direct in their condemnation than his initial, widely-panned response.

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, Trump said in televised remarks Monday afternoon from the White House. Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of America.

That the president waited until Monday to specifically condemn the hate groups that marched over the weekend had raised eyebrows and recalled multiple episodes from his 2016 campaign in which the president was forced to distance himself from symbolism and language tied to white supremacist and anti-Semitic groups.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and newly installed FBI Director Christopher Wray briefed Trump on Monday before his statement on the clashes in Charlottesville.

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Trump declares ‘racism is evil’ and denounces neo-Nazis, KKK

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-declares-racism-evil-denounces-neo-nazis-kkk-164751880.html