Linked that same group to those who perpetrated the attack in charlottesville. I dont know i cant tell you im sure Senator Mccain must know what hes talking about. But when you say the altright, definal right to me. You define it. Define it for me, come on. Define it. Senator mccain defined them as the same group what about the altleft that came charging at the, as you say the altright, do they have any semblance of guilt . Let me ask you this, what about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs, do they have any problem . I think they do. As far as im concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day wait a minute, im not finished. Im not finished, fake news. That was a horrible day. [ Inaudible Question ] i will tell you something, i watched this much more closely
nationalist rally in charlottesville, the facts were plain before, during and after the bloodshed. The fact that the president had ht his disposal saturday, a fact he had friday night when they
so obviously this isn t the first time you tried this i don t know if our viewers are aware of that. but back in august you tried after trump s remarks about charlottsville. and i wanted to remind everyone what the president said at that time that sparked your emotion to censore. here he is. but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides, you had people in that group excuse me, excuse me, i saw the same pictures as you did. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down, to them, of a very, very important statue. and renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. you did have cosponsors on that censure ship resolution related to that statement, 125 people. but again no chance of it actually passing. i guess what you are saying you don t care whether it passes you want to be on record? well, i hope that if this were put on the floor, it would pass. i hope that enough of my republican colleagues as well as
nationalist rally in charlottesville, the facts were plain before, during and after the bloodshed. the fact that the president had ht his disposal saturday, a fact he had friday night when they marched. weeks ago it was known who would be attending the rally. a fact that his daughter recognized saturday when she urged him to call out these thugs by name. his jewish daughter who we have not heard from for days. the president today preferred to focus on the statues and displaying his grasp of american history. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue, and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a slave owner. was george washington a slave owner? so will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down statues to george washington?
city s confederate statues. it is easier said than done. particularly when we have a please suggestions the confederacy and all that it stood for, terrorizing people solely based on the color of their skin, is nothing to be ashamed of. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of to them, a very, very important statue. and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a shave owner. was george washington a slave owner? so will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down, excuse me, are we going to take down statues? how about thomas jefferson? what do you think of thomas jefferson? do you like him? he was a major slave owner. joining me now, the member of the national board of directors of the naacp, and by phone,
you look at both sides, i think there is blame on both sides. had you some very bad people in that group. but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue. and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. steve: what he said there was, of course, famously there were the neo nazis, the kkk, the white supremacists and then on the other side you had the antifa groups dressed this in black with the helmets and things like that. he said, in addition, on the one side you had people upset that they everywhere taking down the statue of robert e. lee and renaming the park. abby: not everyone there was out to hurt someone or was evil. i do think that s a good point to make. calling out these groups for what they are bigotry and