happy with what they ve achieved here and decide their purpose is accomplished. michael steele, i know viewers of this program don t forget what the horror was but i want to read from the reporting all the same. the trial brought to life the hatred and anger espoused by the far-right groups, especially on the streets of charlottesville. a torch-lit march on the eve of the rally with hundreds of men chanting racist slogans evoked kkk and nazi marches. the testimony as well as the many videos and social media posts introduced were awash in the aconography of hate with nazi symbols and stiff-armed salutes with admiration for hitler and claims that non-white races were inferior. i am a student of what chris goldsmith talked about, some of the messaging circulating on the far right, and while this victory is significant, it has not abated, and we should not forget that this was a flash point in donald trump s presidency as well.
a block buster thing that is going to be unfolding in a very high profile way in virginia this week into next and beyond just as virginia voters are going to the polls in this super important tight election. it is now just over four years since a rotten assortment, if you ll forgive me, of neo-nazis and white supremacists and anti-semites convened in charlottesville, virginia to basically terrorize that town and the university of virginia campus. this was the, you know, jews will not replace us torch lit march. the guys with rifles and pistol, and clubs, and chemical spray and swastika flags marching through charlottesville, surrounding the only synagogue in charlottesville, assaulting counter protesters, ultimately one of their number, an avowed neo-nazi rammed his car at high
since a rotten assortment, if you ll forgive me, of neo-nazis and white supremacists and anti-semites convened in charlottesville, virginia, to basically terrorize that town and the university of virginia campus. this was the, you know, jews will not replace us torch-lit march. the guys with rifles and pistols and clubs and chemical spray and swastika flags marching through charlottesville, surrounding the only synagogue in charlottesville, assaulting counterprotesters, ultimately one of their number, an avowed neo-nazi rammed his car at high speed to a group of protesters,
several were later charged with traveling to charlottesville with the intention of insighting a riot. it was at that rally, the day after the torch-lit march that a neonazi drove his car deliberately into a crowd of counter protesters. a moment captured by a photojournalist that instantly became the defining image of that terrible moment. he plowed his car and injured dozens of people and killed one young counter protester named heather heyer. immediately there after president trump said there were very fine people on both sides that day in charlottesville. he expressed sympathy with the far right marcher s support for the confederacy and symbols and said the press treated them very unfairly. today the neonazi guy who drove
actually just under two years ago. white supremacists and neonazis and other charming members of the far ride descended on charlottesville, virginia shouting yous will not replace us. at a rally the day after the torch lit chanting march in charlottesville, a rally by the neo nazis which was dwar dwarfe the counter protesters. several were later charged with traveling to charlottesville with the intention of insighting a riot. it was at that rally, the day after the torch-lit march that a neonazi drove his car deliberately into a crowd of counter protesters. a moment captured by a photojournalist that instantly became the defining image of that terrible moment.