President Donald Trump On Charlottesville: You Had Very Fine People, On Both Sides | CNBC
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Commenters link it as the full primary source so people can judge for themselves how the remarks were quoted and portrayed in media.
What it is
A CNBC clip of President Trump's August 2017 press briefing at Trump Tower in which he answers questions about the Charlottesville rally and says there were 'very fine people on both sides'. It is the unedited footage of the remarks.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2017 to 2020.
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Recommends wreath · 2020-11 · on “Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.”
He didn't call whites supremacists white people, if you listen to the rest of the sentence, he was referring to the protesters from BOTH sides that they are fine people. And then said that he condemns neo Nazis and white supremacists. I only came across this this morning btw, and I too believed he really did call them fine people.. EDIT: watch this whole thing [this video]
Recommends Proziam · 2020-12 · on “YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud”
Just to add, here's the full clip - [this video] I think everyone should watch this for themselves and decide whether the media's portrayal of what Trump said is reasonable and fair.
Cites zo1 · 2017-10 · on “A calendar of upcoming changes to the Twitter Rules”
See, that's the sort of thing he's talking about precisely. You've already made your mind up about Trump's comment, and detracted the conversation entirely. Next thing you know, you and other Twitter users all make a big hoo-ha about a relatively benign comment because you think it's offensive, and decide to report it to Twitter for it to get banned. There is nothing hateful about his statements, and you really should re-evaluate your critical reasoning (or news sources, if you took them for their word on it rather than evaluating it yourself) if you think it does. Here, just look at it in its entirety: [this video] Case in point: "And I'm not talking about the neo-nazis and white supremacists, b
Cites zaroth · 2018-04 · on “Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script”
You might want to recheck Trump’s approval ratings. Oh and the “Trump Defends White Nationalists” trope? Here’s the video [1] and here’s the quote; “You had some very bad people in the group. But you also had people, that were very fine people, on both sides.... So you know what, you’re changing history, you’re changing culture, and you had people, and I’m not talking about the neo-nazis or the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally , but you had many people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalists, okay, and the press has treated them absolutely unfairly.” If you have an issue with DACA maybe talk to your congressman. Trump’s been trying to get a legal
Cites gridlockd · 2020-08 · on “Mitochondria may hold keys to anxiety and mental health”
> Didn't Trump recommended people drink or inject bleach? No, he didn't, listen to what he actually said. [LINK] It's not a claim, it's an arguably stupid question to some guy off-screen. Yet, the title of this video is "President Trump claims injecting people with disinfectant could treat coronavirus". The outlet is the presumably reputable "Telegraph". Trump also never called Nazis "fine people". What actually was said: "...you had very fine people on both sides..." [this video] "And you had people - and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists - because they should be condemned totally." [this video] The job of the media is to fabricate outrage and scandals, because that's how
Cites 99_00 · 2020-12 · on “YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud”
>I have personally watched a press conference where Trump said that live on TV in front of millions of people. Thank you for bringing this up. This is the press conference: [this video] At time 1:58 Pres. Trump specifically excludes neo-nazis and white nationalists from his 'fine people' description: "And I'm not talking about the neo-nazis and white nationalists because they should be condemned totally." [this video] You're experiencing a false memory, which is completely normal for anyone, even intelligent, well informed and accomplished people. It's my personal opinion that this false memory was implanted in millions of people by corporate media and big tech.