--- title: Charlottesville: George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush Statement description: "America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms," the Bushes said. canonical: https://time.com/4903103/george-bush-president-statement-hatred-charlottesville/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-16T16:01:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:01:02.400Z article:section: Politics og:title: Both Presidents Bush Condemn Hatred a Day After Trump's Press Conference og:description: "America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms." og:url: https://time.com/4903103/george-bush-president-statement-hatred-charlottesville/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt141e92f4951e9c2c/6988d9f9656a3f02ecbd14e9/gettyimages-525615736.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Former President George W Bush with his father former President George H.W. 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Former President George W Bush with his father former President George H.W. Bush at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Brooks Kraft by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 16, 2017 4:01 PM UTC Both presidents Bush released a [joint statement](https://twitter.com/chrisdonovan/status/897840479949246464) on the last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday, the same day of a memorial service held in honor of a young woman who was killed protesting the white supremacists who’d traveled there to rally. “America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms,” the statement from presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush reads. “As we pray for Charlottesville, we are all reminded of the fundamental truths recorded by that city’s most prominent citizen in the Declaration of Independence: we are all created equal and endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights.” The statement continues, “We know these truths to be everlasting because we have seen the decency and greatness of our country.” The last weekend’s white supremacist and Ne0 Nazi rally was held just down the hill from Thomas Jefferson’s home and plantation Monticello. The Bushes’ joint statement comes [amid backlash from remarks President Trump](http://time.com/4902439/donald-trump-charlottesville-republicans-react/?xid=homepage) delivered on the weekend protests on Tuesday. After coming out and condemning white nationalists by name in a highly scripted statement on Monday, Trump doubled down in his insistence that counter-protesters, who he deemed the “alt-left,” also shouldered some of the blame for the violence that occurred on the ground in Charlottesville. “You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent, and nobody wants to say that, but I’ll say it right now,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday. Trump also claimed that the nationalist protesters, who chanted “blood and soil” and “Jews will not replace us,” had “very quietly” spoken out against the removal of a Confederate statue. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have spoken out against Trump’s comments, and many are saying he [failed a major test of leadership](http://time.com/4902502/donald-trump-charlottesville-press-conference/?xid=homepage) by not unequivocally denouncing Neo-Nazis and white supremacists. A former political opponent if Trump’s, and the son of Bush 41, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush criticized President Trump in a series of tweets on Tuesday. > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/897611241866362880) > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/897611322870960128) > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/897611438272991232) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4903103/george-bush-president-statement-hatred-charlottesville/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4903103/george-bush-president-statement-hatred-charlottesville/"},"headline":"Both Presidents Bush Condemn Hatred a Day After Trump's Press Conference","datePublished":"2017-08-16T16:01:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:01:02.400Z","description":"\"America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms\"","url":"https://time.com/4903103/george-bush-president-statement-hatred-charlottesville/","keywords":["Charlottesville","White House","George W. Bush","Presidents","George H.W. 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