US Vice President Mike Pence says he will “stand with” US
President Donald Trump in blaming the violence during a white
supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on “both sides.”
“What happened in Charlottesville was a tragedy, and the president
has been clear on this tragedy and so have I,” Pence, who was on a visit
to Chile, told reporters on Wednesday. “I spoke at length about this
heartbreaking situation on Sunday night in Colombia, and I stand with
the president and I stand by those words.”
Us Vice President Mike Pence (L) meets with Chilean
President Michelle Bachelet at La Moneda presidential palace in
Santiago, on August 16, 2017.
A man with ties to right-wing groups drove his car into a crowd of
counter-protesters in Charlottesville on Sunday, killing a young woman
and injuring some 20 other people.
Heather Heyer, 32, was killed by a 20-year-old Nazi sympathizer,
identified as James Alex Fields Jr, who was said to have been behind the
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Trump’s failure to immediately condemn the incident as a domestic
terrorist attack has drawn criticism against his administration, in
which white supremacists are among the top aides of the commander in
chief.
Us Vice President Mike Pence is pictured during a joint
press conference with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (unseen) at La
Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on August 16, 2017.
"Our hearts are in Charlottesville," said the vice president, who is
cutting short his South American trip and returning to the US ahead of
schedule on Thursday.
Captured on video and shared on the internet, the moment the car
plowed into the crowd taking part in a counter-protest against white
nationalists, shocked the nation.
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 11, 2017 shows a man
making a slashing motion across his throat toward counter-protesters as
he marches with other white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the
The president is, meanwhile, pointing the finger at the leftists over
the incident, citing their efforts to charge the alt-right.
“What about the alt-left that came charging at the — as you say, the
alt-right?” Trump asked at an impromptu press conference at Trump Tower.
“Do they have any semblance of guilt? What about the fact they came
charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? Do they have any
problem? I think they do. As far as I am concerned, that was a horrible,
horrible day.”
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