Paul Ryan On Trump's Charlottesville Response: He 'Messed Up'
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Paul Ryan at a CNN town hall on Monday said that President Trump "messed" up in his response to the violence in Charlottesville.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has criticized President Trump's response to the deadly protest in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"I do believe that he messed up in his comments...when it sounded like a moral equivocation or at the very least moral ambiguity when we need extreme moral clarity," Ryan said during a CNN town hall on Monday.
Ryan was referencing Trump's remarks from a combative press conference last week in which the president was asked about the Charlottesville incident where white supremacists and counterprotesters clashed with each other.
"I think there’s blame on both sides," Trump said. "You had some very bad people...but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides."
At the town hall, Ryan went on to say, "it should not be about the president, this is not about Republicans or Democrats," and we all have to unify against bigotry.
Ryan echoed similar comments on August 15, when he tweeted, "We must be clear. White supremacy is repulsive. This bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. There can be no moral ambiguity."
The violence in Charlottesville resulted in numerous injuries and three deaths; two state troopers died in a nearby helicopter crash, and one woman was fatally injured when a car sped into a crowd of people.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has criticized President Trump's response to the deadly protest in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"I do believe that he messed up in his comments...when it sounded like a moral equivocation or at the very least moral ambiguity when we need extreme moral clarity," Ryan said during a CNN town hall on Monday.
Ryan was referencing Trump's remarks from a combative press conference last week in which the president was asked about the Charlottesville incident where white supremacists and counterprotesters clashed with each other.
"I think there’s blame on both sides," Trump said. "You had some very bad people...but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides."
At the town hall, Ryan went on to say, "it should not be about the president, this is not about Republicans or Democrats," and we all have to unify against bigotry.
Ryan echoed similar comments on August 15, when he tweeted, "We must be clear. White supremacy is repulsive. This bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. There can be no moral ambiguity."
The violence in Charlottesville resulted in numerous injuries and three deaths; two state troopers died in a nearby helicopter crash, and one woman was fatally injured when a car sped into a crowd of people.