but they meet and connect and inspire each other to action on line. you see that through the planning of the violence through social media, the ways in which this shooter s diatribe reflected so many prior die tribes of the extremists, the connections between attacks in which charlottesville seemingly inspired pittsburgh which seemingly inspired christchurch, po poway, el paso. i think that s concerning when the conspiracies that fuel the shooters are seeping into the mainstream of our politics and society in a way that normalizes this extremism that felt fringe just five years ago. what do you think should happen forward? people feel so exhausted seeing this time and time again in situations like this there were warning signs, there were concerns, there was this mental health evaluation that happened last year. he had written so many things online laying out what he
currently running for state and national office. and exclusively as republicans. putting party officials on the defensive, going no this year s midterm elections. nowhere is this more true than here in virginia where senate candidate corey stewart, a supporter of president trump, has made preservation of confederate monuments on public lands a centerpiece of his campaign. that and ideological solidarity with the alt-right that has made him a darling of white supremacists, including the very architects of the rally that made charlottesville a short-hand for racial violence one year ago today. joining me now is republican candidate for virginia senate, corey stewart. thank you for being here, mr.
support that we re seeing here in charlotteville that he made a moral equivalency a year ago and hasn t really directly in my opinion come back at it. and, you know, and complete transparency, i ve been one that has been protesting the president for decades now from the central prop 5 case he called from the death penalty. just last week, he s attacked lebron james, he s attacked nfl protesters, he stood up against all of those of us that have stood about stood for causes of racial and social justice. and then he says i m against all racism, all violence, and i m going to go play golf. yeah, well, it s been quite a week, the president s here, had his golf club, in bedminster and
nationalism. i think that it is very clear that this president clearly does not want to very clearly and emphatically sever his ties or any way connected even symbolically with those that have propagated this kind of ideology and political kind of thought in this country. well, i don t know what the president s real intention is here, but certainly just looking on the face of it, he hasn t condemned this rally, which is taking place directly across the street from the house where he would be if he wasn t here on vacation. that much is very plain. but also i think it is worth pointing out that over the course of the last year, in which charlottesville was considered really a water shed
stewart. let me ask you, do you consider yourself a candidate the candidate for white nationalists in the state of virginia? no, of course not, reverend. here s the thing is that i know you brought me on your show because you want to talk about the one year anniversary of the horrible events in charlottesville last year. but, you know, i meet with voters every single day, the residents of virginia, and there is one thing that is very, very clear and that is people are sick and tired of talking about race all the time, they re tired of it, they want to move on, the people of charlottesville want to move on, the people of virginia want to move on, they have a lot more important issues to talk about than race on a constant basis, which is what we get out of you and the rest of the media on a daily basis. well, but, it is very difficult if you live in a society where your job, your education, your safety is determined by your race, not to