Jewish leaders quickly denounced President Trump for blaming counter-demonstrators along with neo-Nazis and white supremacists for the racist violence that erupted in Charlottesville. “As a Jew, as an American, as a human, words cannot express my disgust and disappointment,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) tweeted. “This is not my President.”] Anti=Defamation League National Director Jonathan Greenblatt…
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke praised President Trump’s “courage” for saying both sides bear blame for violence that erupted at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville In a press conference at Trump Tower on Tuesday, the president criticized the decision to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from a Charlottesville…
Seven Democratic members of Congress have signed a letter asking President Trump to fire White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and aides Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka in response to the violence that occurred after a white nationalist rally last week in Charlottesville, Va. The letter states that “Americans deserve to know that white nationalists,…
Former president Barack Obama “got away with” making untrue statements because the media supported him more than it does President Trump, CNN anchor Jake Tapper said in an interview with Rolling Stone. Tapper was asked about his decision to publicly speak out when he thought Trump was saying a falsehood. Tapper replied that he had…
The Jews of Charlottesville, Virginia have sometimes found themselves divided — including when two brothers from a prominent local family found themselves on opposite lines of fire during the Civil War. Scions of a German immigrant family, Simon and Isaac Leterman were deeply involved in civic and commercial life in the Virginia town, which mirrored…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – Two people who say they were injured in a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia sued the man charged with killing a woman by driving his car through the crowd as well as the event’s organizers on Tuesday for $3 million. Tadrint Washington and Micah Washington said in papers filed in Charlottesville…
The CEO of one of Wall Street’s biggest investment firms issued a public statement bemoaning the violence protests in Charlottesville, but has decided to stay on as chair of one of President Trump’s advisory councils even as other corporate titans step down due to the president’s statements and actions. Schwarzman released a statement on Monday…
President Trump offered an angry defense of his stance on white supremacist and “alt-right” activists Tuesday, echoing racist talking points and lashing out at what he called the “alt-left” in a contentious press conference. Speaking to reporters at Trump Tower, the president emphatically backtracked from his Monday statements blaming extreme white nationalist groups for the…
Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers “within hours” if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. “If America wants to go back to the experience (of imposing sanctions), Iran would certainly return in a short time – not a week or a month but…
President Trump on Tuesday said both sides were to blame in the clashes in Virginia over the weekend, adding that protesters on the political left violently attacked white nationalists. Trump had been sharply criticized even by some Republicans for his initial comments blaming “many sides” for the violence in Charlottesville. But he effectively doubled down…
Israelis are exiting the country in record numbers as tensions heat up, with double the number of citizens leaving the country as returning from long-term spells abroad. According to Israel’s Bureau of Statistics, 16,700 Israelis left the country for periods of a year or more, while 8,500 people returned from a long-term stay in another…
