Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said Wednesday her party does not want the votes of neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
“We don’t want your vote, we don’t support you, we’ll speak out against you,” McDaniel told ABC News’ “Good Morning America.”
The comment is a strong rebuke of racist groups after President Trump said Tuesday both white nationalists and counter protesters are to blame for the violence at a Charlottesville, Va., rally last Saturday.
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McDaniel decried the event as “un-American” and urged bipartisan support against the cause.
“This is not a Republican or Democrat issue,” said McDaniel. “It’s going to take bipartisanship to bring people together around unifying this country and the president has called for that.”
McDaniel blamed racist protesters for the death of protester Heather Heyer, who was mowed down by a car.
“The president was saying that people brought violence from both sides,” McDaniel said. “And violence isn’t OK, but the blame lays squarely at the KKK, the white supremacists, the neo-Nazis who organized this rally, caused violence and are pushing hate across this country.”
