“How far is it from Trump saying this is an invasion to the shooter in El Paso declaring quote, 'this attack as a response to Hispanic invasion of Texas'. How far apart are those comments? How far is it from white supremacists in Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville? Trump’s very fine people chanting 'you wi…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“I don’t think it’s that far at all. It is both clear language and in code, this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation. His low energy, vacant eyed mouthing the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week I don’t believe fooled anyone at home or abroad. H…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“After Trump tweeted his go back [inaudible], the leading Nazi website, Neo Nazi website said, 'this is the kind of nationalism we elected him for'. He knows it. He saw it, and on 8chan, a haven for radicalism on the internet where a declaration of hate linked to El Paso shooter was posted. One comme…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“When he said after Charlottesville there were, and I quote, 'very fine people on both sides', I said, then it gave license and safe harbor to white supremacists and Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. These words not only stunned America, but they stunned the world and in doing so, he has signed a moral…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“Charlottesville was no isolated incident. When Trump announced he was running for president, he called Mexicans rapists. Days before the midterm, he formatted fears of a caravan heading to United States creating hysteria when he said, 'Look, look, some marching up. This is an invasion, an invasion.'…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“Today, we are all rightly repulsed by the sight of neo-Nazis and Klansmen openly marching in Charlottesville, VA, and we are horrified by houses of worship being shot up by right-wing terrorists. But on February 20, 1939, over 20,000 Nazis held a mass rally—not in Berlin, not in Rome, but in Madison…”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“He has described human beings from Mexico and Central America as an infestation at a rally in your home state of Florida. When he asks, 'How do we stop this,' and someone yells out, 'We shoot them,' he laughs along with the crowd, ginning them up to talk about sending her back, defending Nazis and w…”— Beto O'Rourke, rev.com
“Charlottesville was no isolated incident. When Trump announced he was running for president, he called Mexicans rapists. Days before the midterm, he formatted fears of a caravan heading to United States creating hysteria when he said, 'Look, look, some marching up. This is an invasion, an invasion.'…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“It is both clear language and in code, this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation. His low energy, vacant eyed mouthing the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week I don’t believe fooled anyone at home or abroad. His energetic embrace, an energetic e…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“When he said after Charlottesville there were, and I quote, 'very fine people on both sides', I said, then it gave license and safe harbor to white supremacists and Neo Nazis and the Klu Klux Klan. These words not only stunned America, but they stunned the world and in doing so, he has signed a mora…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“The idea that Nazis and people who oppose Nazis are somehow equatable is the most batshit fucking crazy shit I've ever fucking heard.”— Seth Rogen, twitter.com
“Peter, you will have to shovel our bodies into the oven, too. Please son, renounce the hate, accept and love all.”— Pearce Tefft, inforum.com
“Did outing Charlottesville's white supremacists just make them more committed?”— James King, mashable.com
“If Muslims are expected and should indeed challenge Islamist extremism within our own communities wherever it rears its head, then it's twin evil, it's symbiotic partner in the form of neo-nazism, far right white supremacism, likewise the white working class English lad, or in America the white work…”— Maajid Nawaz, lbc.co.uk
“It took Donald Trump 48 hours before he could even name white supremacy and condemn it, 48 hours too late. And then a day later, yesterday, he backtracked again, blaming both sides again.”— Maajid Nawaz, lbc.co.uk
“Donald Trump must take remedial action in the extreme. He should address the American people, acknowledge that he was wrong, apologize. State forcefully and unequivocally that racists are 100% to blame for the murder and violence in Charlottesville. Testify that there is no conceivable comparison or…”— Mitt Romney, facebook.com
“The number of people who were calling for police abolition last week and now want to hand the cops the power to regulate speech is wild. They're all the same cops, you guys. Your good intentions do not magically create non-racist, non-corrupt police and prosecutors.”— Freddie DeBoer, twitter.com