Biden criticizes Trump’s ‘many sides’ remarks: ‘There is only one side’

Former Vice President Joe Biden took aim at President Trump’s comments that “many sides” led to violence at a white supremacist rally Saturday.
“There is only one side. #charlottesville,” Biden tweeted.
There is only one side. #charlottesville
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 12, 2017
Trump had refused to single out the white supremacists who held the rally in Charlottesville, Va., in his condemnation of the violence there. A car struck a crowd of counter-protesters at the rally, leaving one dead.
Two others died during the protests after a helicopter crashed. Those victims were Virginia State Police Department officers who were in a helicopter surveilling clashes below.
{mosads}”We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides,” Trump said.
The white supremacists had gathered in Charlottesville for a “Unite the Right” rally to protest the removal of a Confederate statue.
Biden condemned the attack earlier, saying that “racism and hate have no place here.”
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