‘You Have Some Pretty Bad Dudes on the Other Side’
One month after his horrific remarks that swayed many supporters away from him, President Donald Trump on Thursday just doubled-down on his claim that there’s blame for the violence on both, or many sides, and says recent violence from “Antifa” supports his original claim.
The president, in an effort to get some closure and come out on top, sat down with the Republican Party’s only Black U.S. Senator, Tim Scott of South Carolina, on Wednesday.
Clearly it was time wasted.
The President would not allow video, only audio, on the plane – here are his remarks:
“We had a great talk yesterday,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One Thursday afternoon, as Talking Points Memo detailed. “I think especially in light of the advent of Antifa, if you look at what’s going on there.”
“You have some pretty bad dudes on the other side also and essentially that’s what I said,” Trump added, referring to his comments in which he claimed there was “blame on both sides,” and condemning the “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.”
Continuing his remarks with reporters Thursday, Trump said: “Now because of what’s happened since then with Antifa. When you look at really what’s happened since Charlottesville, a lot of people are saying and people have actually written, ‘Gee, Trump may have a point.’ I said there’s some very bad people on the other side also.”
“But we had a great conversation. And he has legislation, which I actually like very much, the concept of which I support, to get people into certain areas and building and constructing and putting people to work. I told him yesterday that’s a concept I can support very easily.”
Yes, Trump just reverted to what everyone knows are his beliefs: the KKK and white supremacist groups are just as bad as the people who are protesting and fighting white supremacy.
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Trump also weighed in on news Susan Rice unmasked Trump campaign associates, which House Intelligence Committee Republicans said was perfectly reasonable.
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