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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: 2026-10-08T09:29:15.921Z 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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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that anti-racism protesters bear some of the blame for the violent rallies in Charlottesville, returning to his original comments that "both sides" were responsible for the deadly clashes._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 16, 2017 4:01 PM UTC President Donald Trump said Tuesday that anti-racism protesters bear some of the blame for the violent rallies in Charlottesville, returning to his original comments that "both sides" were responsible for the deadly clashes. 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) ## Transcript [00:00] I've condemned neo- Nazis, I've condemned many [00:04] different groups, but not all of those people were [00:08] neo- Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were [00:11] white supremacists. I think there's blame on both [00:13] sides. You look at both sides I think there's blame [00:18] on both sides, and I have no doubt about it. What [00:20] about the alt- left? They came charging, as you say, at [00:23] the alt- right. Do they have any semblance of guilt? [00:27] [ CROSSTALK ]. Let me ask you this, what about the [00:31] fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, [00:34] swinging clubs, Do they have any problem? I think they [00:38] do. There was a group on this side, you can call them [00:41] the left, you've just called them the left, that came [00:44] violently attacking the other group. So you can say what [00:47] you want, but that's they way it is. You had people in [00:50] that group that were there to protest the taking down, [00:54] to them, a very, very important statue, And the [00:57] renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another [01:00] name .>> [ UNKNOWN ] George Washington was a [01:04] slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? [01:07] So, will George Washington now lose his status? Excuse [01:12] me. Are we going to take down statues to George [01:16] Washington How about Thomas Jefferson? What do you [01:19] think about Thomas Jefferson? You like him? I do love [01:20] Thomas Jefferson. Okay good. Are we gonna take [01:23] down the statue? Cuz he was a major slave owner. [01:25] Now are we gonna take down his statue? So you know [01:28] what? It's fine. 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