Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham Graham: Trump’s Charlottesville rhetoric ‘dividing Americans, not healing them’ OPINION: Congress should censure…
Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham Graham: Trump’s Charlottesville rhetoric ‘dividing Americans, not healing them’ OPINION: Congress should censure Trump for his unfit conduct Supporting ‘Dreamers’ is our civic and moral duty MORE (R-S. C.) said President Trump should « fix » his remarks about white supremacists and last week’s violence in Charlottesville in a response to the president’s Twitter attack on him earlier Thursday morning.
Graham said Trump is receiving praise « from some of the most racist and hate-filled individuals and groups in our country » after his remarks stating that both sides were to blame for the violence.
White supremacist leaders David Duke and Richard Spencer both lauded Trump’s remarks.
« For the sake of our Nation — as our President — please fix this. History is watching us all, » he concluded.
Graham’s statement comes after Trump issued a bitter attack on Graham via Twitter, in response to Graham’s previous statement on Wednesday saying the president had drawn a « moral equivalency » between white supremacists who attended the weekend rally and groups who protested them.
Heather Heyer is the 32-year-old woman killed when a man pictured at the white supremacist events allegedly drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. Her memorial service was held on Wednesday.
Graham on Thursday said he only aims « to move our nation, my state, and our party forward — toward the light — not back to the darkness, » and went on to praise the president for his « nice and appropriate tweet » on Wednesday honoring Heyer.
