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On the recordAugust 15, 2017
Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue of Robert E. Lee.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Donald Trump defends attendees of a rally, claiming not all were white supremacists, but were protesting the statue's removal.

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