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The Charlottesville statement from Presidents Bush was elegant, effective, and exactly what our nation needs

By Philip Wegmann
Published August 16, 2017 4:07pm ET
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The Charlottesville statement from Presidents Bush was elegant, effective, and exactly what our nation needs
After spending a combined 12 years in the Oval Office, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush know how to craft a public statement on paper. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) | Tony Gutierrez

After spending a combined 12 years in the Oval Office, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush know how to craft a public statement on paper. “America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism,” the father and son former chief executives wrote on Wednesday.

The nation must condemn, they continued, “hatred in all forms.” And presumably yes, that includes malice on both sides of the divide.

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