Donald Trump Jr., jumped to Chelsea Clinton's defense after she was asked to leave a student vigil

Chelsea Clinton.
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After NYU students confronted Chelsea Clinton at a vigil for the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings on Friday and accused her of stoking the hatred behind the massacre, Clinton found an unlikely ally: Donald Trump Jr.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.