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Congressman Hank Johnson's Statement on President Trump Doubling Down on his Original Charlottesville Remarks

Statement

Date: Aug. 16, 2017
Location: Decatur, GA
Issues: National Security Executive Branch Criminal Justice

Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on President Trump's impromptu news conference reiterating his original comments on Charlottesville:

"Tuesday's comments from President Trump that compared counter protestors with neo-Nazis and white supremacists -- and doubling down that there were "very fine people' among the hate groups -- should be met with censure proceedings in the House of Representatives. President Trump's intentional and not-so subtle appeals to the sentiments of racists before, during and after the election makes him directly responsible for the empowered emergence of in-your-face racism that has no place in America."


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