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Post by Admin on Aug 19, 2017 19:56:39 GMT
The mother of the woman killed at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., thanked President Trump on Monday after he spoke out against hate groups for their role in the weekend's violence. "Thank you, President Trump, for those words of comfort and for denouncing those who promote violence and hatred," Susan Bro said in a statement, according to NBC News. "My condolences, also, to the grieving families of the two state troopers and quick recovering for those injured," she added.
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2017 19:16:19 GMT
The Charlottesville resident who organized last weekend's alt-right rally appears to have insulted victim Heather Heyer in crude language. A tweet (no longer accessible) from the account of Jason Kessler Friday said this: "Heather Heyer was a fat, disgusting Communist. Communists have killed 94 million. Looks like it was payback time." It linked to a story in the neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer that used similar language about the 32-year-old Heyer. (That story resulted in the loss of internet privileges for the website.) The tweet from Kessler—assuming his account wasn't hacked—has quickly drawn condemnation from well-known figures on the alt-right, reports the Los Angeles Times. Richard Spencer, for example, declared: "I will no longer associate w/ Jason Kessler; no one should. Heyer's death was deeply saddening. 'Payback' is a morally reprehensible idea."
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