One year later, Ivanka Trump marks anniversary of Charlottesville riots, and people aren't having it
This Saturday was the the one-year anniversary of riots in Charlottesville, Va., where clashes between white supremacists and counterprotesters left one woman dead and reignited heated discussions of race in America.
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Trump and an adviser to his administration, shared a string of three tweets Saturday evening.
She stuck to her ongoing (on brand?) message of lifting one another up and striving to help all Americans achieve their full potential.
1:3 One year ago in Charlottesville, we witnessed an ugly display of hatred, racism, bigotry & violence.
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 12, 2018
2:3 While Americans are blessed to live in a nation that protects liberty, freedom of speech and diversity of opinion, there is no place for white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism in our great country.
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 12, 2018
3:3 Rather than tearing each other down with hatred, racism & violence, we can lift one another up, strengthen our communities and strive to help every American achieve his or her full potential!
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 12, 2018
White nationalists held the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville last year to protest the removal of a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The president was slammed last year for saying that there was “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides” in the wake of the rally, which left 32-year-old Heather Heyer dead. He then backtracked on his comments in a statement that condemned the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacists. But then, shortly afterward, he said that while there were bad people in the white supremacist group, “you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”
Many replies to Ivanka’s tweet called out her father’s past statements and seemed keen to not let her gloss over them.
Actress and activist Mia Farrow called the president’s comments last year “ugly.”
Ivanka, among the ugly displays of that day, was your father calling nazis & KKK “very fine people”. Addressing “hatred, racism, biggotry & violence” begins at home- in this case, the Trump White House
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) August 12, 2018
One year ago in Charlottesville, we saw your dad call Nazis and KKK members “very fine people.” You continue to stand by him. Don’t even pretend to give a damn about combatting bigotry.
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) August 12, 2018
But there were ‘fine people on both sides’. Can’t clean up daddy’s racism
— Jane Carter (@Hskers62) August 12, 2018
Many focused on remembering Heyer, who was killed when a car plowed into counterprotesters in Charlottesville last year.
Your racist, inept father has never uttered the name #HeatherHeyer who was murdered that day by fucking neo-Nazi’s. Put down whatever barbiturates keep u in this removed state and engage in reality. Your father has STILL failed to #ReuniteEveryChild U are insane.
— Jane Edith Wilson (@JaneEdithWilson) August 12, 2018
Her name was #HeatherHeyer ! Say her name ! #Charlottesville Never forget her ! pic.twitter.com/EHP704Vg5c
— Marko Silberhand (@MarkoSilberhand) August 12, 2018
You’re preaching to the choir. The violence you speak of was murder! SAY HER NAME! HEATHER HEYER?🏽
— Jon the Alienist (@JonAlienist) August 12, 2018
Others accused Ivanka of “hypocrisy” for saying the right thing but doing seemingly nothing.
I remember your overseas sweatshops. I remember your ludicrous tweets while children were torn from families seeking asylum. I remember you have no qualifications to sit in the WH.
I remember your vacay w Putin’s woman. Your words mean NOTHING! #complicit pic.twitter.com/INY0FMNjJF— Artemis 🌊🌊🌊?????? (@artemis1954) August 12, 2018
— Shirley C (@ghhshirley) August 12, 2018
This is hypocrisy.
— Justin Myers (@Cyclingguy3) August 12, 2018
The organizer of last year’s event, white nationalist Jason Kessler, was denied a permit in Charlottesville this year but has secured permission to hold a demonstration on Sunday in Washington, D.C., across the street from the White House.
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