Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is condemning the « extremist ideals of neo-Nazism or white supremacy » after a weekend of violence in Virginia.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is condemning the « extremist ideals of neo-Nazism or white supremacy » after a weekend of violence in Virginia.
Republican Bryant says Monday that public safety officials are ready to protect Mississippi from that type of « cowardly terrorism. »
One woman was killed and several people were injured Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, when a man drove a car into people who had been protesting against the white nationalists. The Ohio man is charged with second-degree murder.
Neo-Nazis, skinheads, Ku Klux Klan members other white supremacists were in Charlottesville protesting the city’s decision to remove a Confederate monument.
Republican U. S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi called the violence « an outrage. »
Wicker said Monday in Jackson: « I condemn the white supremacists and the neo-Nazis that engaged in violence. »
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