White House: Trump 'Absolutely' Will Sign Resolution Denouncing Charlottesville Violence
- 7 years ago
Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Wednesday that President Trump will "absolutely" sign the resolution that denounces Charlottesville violence.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has confirmed that President Trump will sign a joint Congressional resolution condemning violence in Charlottesville and white supremacists at large.
When Sanders was asked about the bipartisan effort during a press briefing Wednesday, she stated, “In terms of whether or not he’ll sign the joint resolution, absolutely. And he looks forward to doing so as soon as he receives it, which he hasn’t done as I came out here earlier.”
“The President was clear in his initial statement that he condemned hatred, bigotry, racism of all forms. He continues to stick to that message. He’s been very consistent in that fact,” Sanders also said.
The Washington Post notes that the joint resolution, which was passed unanimously by both the House and Senate, condemns, “White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups.”
It also describes the death of Heather Heyer as a “domestic terrorist attack” but does not call out counterprotesters.
According to the New York Times, the legislation represents “a blunt message of dissatisfaction with the president’s initial, equivocal response to the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Va., last month.”
Trump was widely criticized for seeming to defend some of the rally attendees, calling them “very fine people,” while speaking out against “hatred, bigotry and violence — on many sides.”
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has confirmed that President Trump will sign a joint Congressional resolution condemning violence in Charlottesville and white supremacists at large.
When Sanders was asked about the bipartisan effort during a press briefing Wednesday, she stated, “In terms of whether or not he’ll sign the joint resolution, absolutely. And he looks forward to doing so as soon as he receives it, which he hasn’t done as I came out here earlier.”
“The President was clear in his initial statement that he condemned hatred, bigotry, racism of all forms. He continues to stick to that message. He’s been very consistent in that fact,” Sanders also said.
The Washington Post notes that the joint resolution, which was passed unanimously by both the House and Senate, condemns, “White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups.”
It also describes the death of Heather Heyer as a “domestic terrorist attack” but does not call out counterprotesters.
According to the New York Times, the legislation represents “a blunt message of dissatisfaction with the president’s initial, equivocal response to the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Va., last month.”
Trump was widely criticized for seeming to defend some of the rally attendees, calling them “very fine people,” while speaking out against “hatred, bigotry and violence — on many sides.”