Trump Doesn't Mention Omission Of 'Many Sides' In His Tweet On Defending Charlottesville Remarks
- 7 years ago
President Trump tweeted on Wednesday that the fake media didn't "fairly" cover his Charlottesville remarks.
President Trump is defending himself against the criticism that followed Tuesday night’s partial, and toned down, redelivery of his initial Charlottesville statement.
Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, “Last night in Phoenix I read the things from my statements on Charlottesville that the Fake News Media didn't cover fairly. People got it!”
That allegedly unfair coverage pointed out that when Trump first spoke of the violence in Charlottesville, he said, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides.”
On Tuesday, he cut the statement short, saying only, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence.”
It was the “on many sides’ part that drew a great deal of criticism, with many saying that Trump’s rebuke of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the like was not definitive enough.
Trump also faced backlash for the statement’s apparent equating of those groups to the people who showed up to oppose them.
The August 12 violence in Charlottesville is connected to 3 fatalities and numerous injuries.
President Trump is defending himself against the criticism that followed Tuesday night’s partial, and toned down, redelivery of his initial Charlottesville statement.
Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, “Last night in Phoenix I read the things from my statements on Charlottesville that the Fake News Media didn't cover fairly. People got it!”
That allegedly unfair coverage pointed out that when Trump first spoke of the violence in Charlottesville, he said, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides.”
On Tuesday, he cut the statement short, saying only, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence.”
It was the “on many sides’ part that drew a great deal of criticism, with many saying that Trump’s rebuke of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the like was not definitive enough.
Trump also faced backlash for the statement’s apparent equating of those groups to the people who showed up to oppose them.
The August 12 violence in Charlottesville is connected to 3 fatalities and numerous injuries.