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
linked that same group to those who perpetrated the attack in charlottesville. i don t know i can t tell you i m sure senator mccain must know what he s talking about. but when you say the alt-right, 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 alt-left that came charging at the, as you say the alt-right, 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 i m concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day wait a minute, i m not finished. i m not finished, fake news. that was a horrible day. [ inaudible question ] i will tell you something, i watched this much more closely
now, van jones, david axelrod, and david gergen. david gergen, how do you view what the president said today, specifically reversing from what he said yesterday and going back to what he said on saturday? i must tell you, anderson, after watching presidents for a long time, i was shocked by today s performance. on two grounds. one is that on the issue itself of charlottesville, he so clearly is wrong. he so clearly sees the world differently than most of us do. and creating an equivalence between the neo nazis and people who came to protest what the neo nazis are saying. it s just so unacceptable to the masses of people in this country. i m shocked he went back there. but anderson, the bigger question for me, the harder question that is more worrisome
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?
see. it is the winery. [ inaudible question ] charlottesville is a great place that s been very badly hurt over the last couple of days. i own actually one of the largest wineries in the united states in charlottesville. he owns one of the largest wineries. the president s words, just like his words on saturday, are drawing fire from top republicans. paul ryan tweeting however, the president is drawing praise from at least one voice. thank you, president trump, for your honesty and courage to tell the truth about charlottesville. that tweet is from white supremacist david duke. jim, what was that today exactly? what was that supposed to be and how did it segue into this press conference unlike any i recall