Each president faces pivotal moments when the nation they lead looks to them for leadership, empathy to be the consoler in chief. President trumps First Leadership test came this weekend when violence broke out at a rally of chiet supremacists and neonazis in charlottesville, virginia. One woman was killed and two Virginia State troopers died when the helicopter they were flying to monitor the scene crashed. The department of justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the deadly car attack. A little while ago the Charlottesville Police held a press conference and said while they regret that any lives were lost, they were prepared to change course once violence broke out. We were certainly not intimidated by the fire power of the altright. However, it was prudent to make sure that officers were equipped to go out and deal directly with the violence. We were hoping for a peaceful event. But many said President Trump failed this first big test when he condemned, quote, many side
to the president s statement this afternoon? well, i think the president certainly has said the right thing, and i certainly my con loans to all the victims and all the victims families and certainly condemn racism, these hate groups, this domestic terrorism. i think what s important is for the job of the president going forward. i ve actually faced this iesh. i serve assist mayor when the ku klux klan came to town. i be turned to the naacp and i called for the community to stay away, to not let one eye of our community see their hateful face or one ear to hear their hateful speech but yet come together as a community afterwards and actually wash the square that they were at. jesse gooding wrote a book and in that book is the story of our community coming together. and i think that s what we need to see what the president. people who must have our country