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Apr 26, 2019 · It was at this press conference that Trump said that "you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides." On April 25, 2019, former Vice President Joe Biden declared his...
- What Happened in Charlottesville and What Did Trump Say in Response?
- Trump's Reply, in Part, Prompted Biden's Campaign
- Our Ruling: Partly False
- Our Fact Check Sources
In August 2017, white nationalists held a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesvillein response to the city's decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The rally escalated and ended in violence, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency and the National Guard stepping in to help clear the area. After the crowd disp...
When former Vice President Joe Biden announced his candidacy for president in April 2019, he cited Trump's response to Charlottesville as a core reason behind why he chose to run. "With those words, the president of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it," Biden sai...
The claims in the post have been rated PARTLY FALSE. Following the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Trump did say that there were "very fine people on both sides," when speaking about those who attended the rally in support, and those who demonstrated against it. But the meme misrepresents Trump's statements, because he did not say ...
Aug 15, 2017 · You said there was hatred, there was violence on both sides. Are the — THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I think there’s blame on both sides. If you look at both sides — I think there’s blame on...
Aug 15, 2020 · Trump: "Excuse me, excuse me. They didn't put themselves -- and you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. You had people in that group. Excuse me, excuse me. I saw the same pictures as you did.
Apr 26, 2019 · President Donald Trump maintained he "answered perfectly" when he said there were "very fine people on both sides" of clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. "If you look at what I said, you will see that that question was answered perfectly," Trump said Friday in an exchange with ABC's Terry Moran.
Aug 12, 2022 · That means it’s also been five years since then-President Donald Trump said that there were “very fine people” on both sides of the conflict that weekend—which is to say, neo-Nazis and...
