Charlottesville lessons for politicians: be specific, be consistent

Published August 15, 2017 5:05pm ET



Our country is on edge after the white nationalist rally and ensuing violence in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend that left one dead and injured more than 19 after a car, driven by white nationalist James Alex Fields, Jr., rammed into a crowd of counter-protesters.

President Trump issued a statement on Saturday condemning the violence, saying, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence, on many sides. On many sides. It’s been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. This has been going on for a long, long time.”

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