First Daughter Ivanka Trump has denounced the brutal violence that occurred at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. over the weekend.
Ivanka went on Twitter Sunday morning to address the violence that started on Aug. 11 when groups of hundreds of white nationalists and neo-Nazis rallied onto the University of Virginia’s campus with torches.
She said in a series of tweets that Americans must unite under one country.
The first daughter’s tweets come after the President Donald Trump condemned the violence in a New Jersey press conference saying “many sides” were at fault.
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides,” he said.
The President continued, saying that these type of events have not been a new occurrence.
“It’s been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. This has been going on for a long, long time,” he said.
Top Republicans voiced their approval of the President’s addressing the events that unfollowed in Charlottesville.
“Very important for the nation to hear [President Trump] describe events in Charlottesville for what they are, a terror attack by white supremacists,” Rubio said on Twitter.
The violent chaos first started when a large group of white nationalists came together in Charlottesville to rally against plans to remove a Confederate statue. Hundreds of counter protesters also joined—resulting in brawls and violence in the street. The governor declared a state of emergency as police arrived and forced people to leave, according to ABC News.
Three people were killed and 19 people were injured during the clashes. One of the three people died when a car plowed through a group of people. The other two people, Virginia State Police Department officers, died after their helicopter crashed into the woods nearby, ABC News Reports.
From NTD.tv
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