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Donald Trump: “Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to…”

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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