Speaking during a visit to the South American nation of Colombia, Pence said that it was appropriate to criticize not only the white supremacists behind the "Unite the Right" march but also counter-protesters on the scene.
"I will say I take issue with the fact that many in the national media spent more time criticizing the president’s words than they did criticizing those that perpetrated the violence to begin with," he said, speaking in a joint news conference with Colombia's president, Juan Manuel Santos.
"We should be putting the attention where it belongs, and that is on those extremist groups that need to be pushed out of the public debate entirely and discredited for the hate groups and dangerous fringe groups that they are."
It should be pointed out that today Trump took to Twitter to attack the Democrats for being "obstructionists" and Ken Frazier for leaving his Manufacturing Council (By the way he's a black guy who is quitting specifically BECAUSE of Trump's weak ass response to the violence in Virginia.) , but not a word about the murder in Charlottesville.
As for the press, virtually every single newscaster and commentator, who was not appearing on Fox News, has condemned the White Nationalists who beat protesters and murdered that young woman in the strongest terms.
These statements by Mike Pence, which also attempts to blame "both sides" for the violence, proves that he is almost as bad as his boss.
However he did at least say this:
"We have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-Nazis or the KKK. These dangerous fringe groups have no place in American public life and in the American debate, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms," he said.
This kind of forced Trump's hand so today he finally came out with this:
Damn talk about too late to the party.Trump: "Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, Neo-Nazis, & White Supremacists" http://pic.twitter.com/pYnjQXDvyU— Axios (@axios) August 14, 2017
But now the question is "What is he going to do about it?"
Under the leadership of Trump and Pence the focus has been taken off of homegrown hate groups like the KKK and Neo-Nazis, and they have clearly grown stronger and prospered as a result.
If Mike Pence and Donald Trump really want to do something to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again they need to stop focusing all of their counter terrorism efforts on Islamic terrorists and recognize that White Nationalists pose as great, if not a greater threat to this country.
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