Stories Related to Trump Condemnation Includes ‘white Supremacists, Kkk, Neo-nazi And All Extremist Groups’

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The White House said in a statement Sunday that when President Donald Trump condemned “all forms of violence, bigotry and hatred” that were on display in Charlottesville this weekend, “of course that includes white supremacists, KKK, Neo-Nazi and all extremist groups.” The White House’s clarification stopped far short of what a growing number of Republicans have urged the president to do: directly call out and condemn white supremacy. And three of Trump’s top advisers appeared on Sunday morning news shows to defend the vague statement the president delivered the previous afternoon at his private golf club in New Jersey, although their messaging shifted as the morning progressed. On Saturday in Charlottesville, a car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally, killing one person, hurting at least two dozen more and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation. A helicopter crash that killed the pilot and a passenger later in the afternoon outside Charlottesville also was linked to the rally by State Police. Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and a top adviser, broke with her father’s messaging Sunday morning to tweet: “There should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis.” National Security Adviser H.R.