Duke thanked President Trump for his «honesty» and «courage.»
There was a storm of negative reaction to President Trump’s news conference Tuesday in which he said both the white supremacists and counter-protesters were responsible for the violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday.
One voice spoke out loudly in defense of the president’s remarks: Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.
«Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa, » Duke tweeted after the news conference.
Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa https: //t.co/tTESdV4LP0
Duke, who was present at the protest in Charlottesville, had earlier expressed disappointment at Trump’s condemnation Monday of white supremacist group.
«By criticising the Alt-Right & not naming BLM/Antifa you have given them the permission to destroy. The Red Terror begins, » Duke tweeted.
By criticising the Alt-Right & not naming BLM/Antifa you have given them the permission to destroy. The Red Terror begins. #Charlottesville https: //t.co/G1Ow9pUUFJ
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