On Sunday, the White House scrambled to contain the fallout from President Trump's decision to not condemn the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Friday night and Saturday, or mention the death of one anti-racism protester mowed down by a car allegedly driven by a reputed Nazi sympathizer. On Sunday morning, 36 hours after the attack and amid mounting criticism from officials in both parties, the White House released an unsigned statement insisting that "of course" Trump's condemnation of "hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides, on many sides" included "white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi, and all extremist groups."
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Sunday that the deadly attack, which also wounded 19 others, almost certainly meets the definition of domestic terrorism, and in Cartagena, Colombia, Vice President Mike Pence said what Trump decided not to. "We have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-Nazis, or the KKK," Pence said at a news conference in South America. "These dangerous fringe groups have no place in American public life and in the American debate, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms."
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