19 August, 2017
The plaque, placed in front of the man's home, contextualized him within the framework in which he lived by acknowledging the fact that he was a slave owner and continued to champion white supremacy after the war.
He took aim at the removal or consideration for removal of Confederate statues and monuments in a long list of cities in states such as California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas.
The White House says it is working to find a "convenient" time for Trump to speak with the family of the 32-year-old woman who was killed almost a week ago while protesting the white nationalist rally.
President Donald Trump bitingly decried the rising movement to pull down monuments to Confederate icons Thursday, declaring the nation is seeing "the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart". He has been sharply rebuked by lawmakers of both parties, numerous American business leaders and US allies overseas.
Another Republican senator who has sometimes been critical of Trump, Susan Collins of ME, said Thursday, "The president should've spoken out far more strongly from the very beginning".
Cities across the country have been voluntarily removing their Confederate statues and monuments over the past couple of days. Trump argued Tuesday that taking down the statue of Robert E. Lee, a civil war general who fought to keep slavery intact, would be "changing history". "I would say that's up to a local town, community, or the federal government, depending on where it is located", he said. Lee's great-great-grandson Robert E Lee told CNN. "Trump's presidency is effectively over", he said in a follow-up tweet.
Mr Trump also used Twitter to turn his fire on fellow Republicans, using another volley of messages to accuse them of distorting his response to the tragic events in Charlottesville.
I've condemned neo-Nazis. I've condemned many different groups. "For the sake of our Nation - as our President - please fix this", Graham said.
"But what we watched this last week in Charlottesville and the reaction to it by the President of the United States concern all of us as Americans and free people", Murdoch wrote. The following day, it looked like they had some rough, bad people neo-Nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them.
Another Republican senator, Dan Sullivan, also said on Twitter: "Anything less than complete & unambiguous condemnation of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK by (Trump) is unacceptable". Such a disgusting lie. "The people of SC will remember!" the president wrote. "He's toxic!" and appeared to endorse Kelli Ward, Flake's Republican challenger in his 2018 re-election race. U.S. Senator Cory Booker, also a Democrat, said he would introduce legislation so that could be done.
"There is no room for celebrating the violent bigotry of the men of the Confederacy in the hallowed halls of the United States Capitol or in places of honor across the country", Pelosi said in a statement. "Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that 10 million people in Seoul don't die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don't know what you're talking about, there's no military solution here, they got us". "Equating the two runs counter to our ideals as Americans", Cook wrote in a note late on Wednesday to employees, according to technology news website Recode.
Adviser Steve Bannon's job security in the White House has become tenuous - Trump offered only a "we'll see" on Tuesday when asked if his chief strategist would remain in his post - but Bannon has been telling allies that the president's news conference would electrify the GOP base.
"Ethno-nationalism - it's losers". "These guys are a collection of clowns".
Opponents call the statues a festering symbol of racism, while supporters say they honor American history.
With moves to dismantle Confederate monuments gaining momentum, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, called for Confederate statues to be removed from the US Capitol.
