The President Speaks On Veterans, Infrastructure, and Trump’s Charlottesville Commentary DeHOAXED
It was August, 2017. Protesters, activists, historians, and others rallied on both sides, Pro-Statue and Anti-Statue, as the removal of US General Robert E. Lee's statue in Charlottesville, VA was considered to be imminent. General Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
President Trump has been attacked by the mainstream press for nearly 2 years over his commentary that “many sides” of the Robert E. Lee Statue Debate were to blame for violence that resulted in the death of 3 Americans on August 12th. Trump has also been attacked for stating there were “fine people” on both sides of the Statue Debate.
This video collects both statements in full context.
Among those gathered at the Robert E. Lee Statue were members of extremist groups ANTIFA and the Ku Klux Klan.
The President released a statement from the White House on August 14th, 2017 condemning all hate groups, including the KKK, White Supremacists, and Neo-Nazis.
I’ve included a link to that video below.
Sources:
August 12th, 2017: https://45.wh.gov/5HJcB8
August 15th, 2017: https://youtu.be/MygDhClxKrY
Timestamps:
August 12th, 2017: 0:40
August 15th, 2017: 12:50
August 15th, 2017 Charlottesville Commentary: 19:57
August 15th, 2017 Partial Transcript & Thoughts: 36:05
Additional Context:
August 14th, 2017: https://youtu.be/pQYZ-bMpoXU
Newer Version: https://youtu.be/x5v7igarwXM
Me: @RealJeffTidwell
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q39ZZYdTkhk