The President of the United State Donald Trump has condemned the Saturday attack in Charlottesville, Virginia describing it as display of bigotry, hatred and violence on many sides. Trump who made the statement from his private golf club in New Jersey offered condolences to the families of those affected in the attack.
According to him "We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides."
He lamented that the situation has been going on for a long while. "It has been going on for a long time in our country -- not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. It has been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in America."
The US President urged Americans to remember that "no matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are all Americans first. We love our country, we love our God, we love our flag, we are proud of our country, we are proud of who we are. So, we want to get this situation straightened out in Charlottesville and we want to study it, and we want to see what we are doing wrong as a country where things like this can happen."
Meanwhile, his failure to describe the incident as a terrorist act or to blame the white nationalists for the act has attracted widespread criticism. A fellow republican, Cory Gardner who reacted to the statement issued by Trump tweeted
"Mr. President - we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism."
Also Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who ran for president against Trump in 2016, tweeted, "very important for the nation to hear @potus describe events in #Charlottesville for what they are, a terror attack by #whitesupremacists."
