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President Trump Isolated over Response to Charlottesville Violence

HeadlineAug 17, 2017

President Trump grew increasingly isolated Wednesday for repeatedly blaming “both sides” for last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, as lawmakers, generals and prominent Republicans separated their positions from Trump by condemning white nationalists and neo-Nazis. In a statement, former Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush said, “America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms.”

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