Senator Bernie Sanders slammed President Trump on Tuesday after the Donald cast blame on the “alt-left” and counter protesters for the violence in Charlottesville on Saturday.
Sanders tweeted that Trump is “embarrassing our country and the millions of Americans who fought and died to defeat Nazis.”*
.@realDonaldTrump, you are embarrassing our country and the millions of Americans who fought and died to defeat Nazism.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 15, 2017
Sanders also laid into Trump’s use of the term “alt-term”, which some have criticized for equating real political differences.
“The violence is Charlottesville was not caused by the ‘alt-left,’ (whatever that may be),” the Vermont senator tweeted. “It was caused by Neo-Nazis and white supremacists.”
Sanders’ criticism came after Trump told a reporter that there was “blame on both sides” and “the alt-left” was “violently attacking” the white nationalists during the rally. Trump’s comments earned the support of former Klu Klux Klan imperial Wizard David Duke.
Days of protest and criticism of Trump’s initial response to the bloodshed in Charlottesville forced the president to deliver a statement that condemned “the K.K.K., neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups,” but his sincerity immediately came under question after he retweeted a right-wing conspiracy theorist.
*Though many U.S. soldiers gave their lives in World War II — over 400,000 perished — most historians believe that the Soviet Union was largely responsible for the military defeat of the Nazis, with over 10 million Soviet soldiers sacrificing their lives on the eastern front.
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