Trump finally comments on white nationalist rally, violence in Charottesville

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After hours of silence, President Donald Trump lastly talked about the white nationalist rally and associated violence occurring in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday.

We ALL need to be unified &&condemn all that hate represents. There is no location for this sort of violence in America. Lets come together as one!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2017

“We ALL should be joined &&condemn all that hate means,” the president tweeted. “There is no location for this sort of violence in America. Lets come together as one!”

He included a 2nd tweet right after:

Am in Bedminster for conferences &&interview on V.A. &&all that we have actually done, and are doing, to make it better-but Charlottesville unfortunate!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2017

Trump tweeted after 1 p.m. on Saturday, practically 2 hours after Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe stated a state of emergency situation in Charlottesville and the city identified the set up Unite the Right rally opposing the elimination of Confederate monoliths to be a type of illegal assembly.

His tweet took a very long time, and it followed Speaker of your house Paul Ryan as well as First Lady Melania Trump had actually currently commented.

The views sustaining the phenomenon in Charlottesville are repugnant. Let it just serve to unify Americans versus this type of disgusting bigotry.

Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) August 12, 2017

Our nation motivates flexibility of speech, however let’s interact w/o hate in our hearts. No great originates from violence. #Charlottesville

Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) August 12, 2017

Their commentary made the president’s earlier silence especially obvious. And plenty of other individuals had their own responses.

Mr. President?

Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) August 12, 2017

Hell of a day for the President to forget ways to tweet. pic.twitter.com/ABffmwwH8D

J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 12, 2017

This is on-purpose unclear bc ur a wimp that stands 4 absolutely nothing &&ur oblivious conceit &&overall absence of impulse control is going to get us eliminated https://t.co/rzcZcZmYDS

Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) August 12, 2017

The word ‘Charlottesville’ does not appear in this Tweet. Guy who blasted libs for not stating ‘Islamic’ fear prevents ‘white nationalist.’ https://t.co/zFEQUWfO6U

Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 12, 2017

Just a tip that this is exactly what @POTUS tweeted after the demonstrations that activated cancellation of Milo Yiannopoulos’s speech at Berkeley. https://t.co/8rsY6KgaLQ

Jane Chong (@chongathon) August 12, 2017

“Anyone who can not call our opponent is not fit to lead this nation,” Trump stated in September (describing “extreme Islamic terrorists”). https://t.co/MkELG0dJlI

David Mack (@davidmackau) August 12, 2017

The White House has no main connection to the rally prepared in Charlottesville, however a lot of the marchers were Trump fans who applauded the president while they waved Confederate and nazi flags. One Twitter user caught video of marchers screaming, “Heil Trump.”

Alt-right marcher screaming “Heil Trump.” pic.twitter.com/vAaXq5pFYc

Tom Perriello (@tomperriello) August 12, 2017

Some of the violence in Virginia was in between the white nationalist protesters and counter-protesters possibly why Trump’s remark concentrating on all of us” [coming] together as one.”

As J.K. Rowling stated , hell of a day to forget the best ways to tweet.