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2024-08-13 17:56:19 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C554C8242843E32BFC6E8DD4C73A6269A0C5E802549BB47EB830FF2119CF8539
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NNN —- when asked about the charlottesville incident and the violent class of the neo nazi groups trump stated “there are Some Very Fine People on Both Sides”. He also praised slave owner general Robert E. Lee https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116973/documents/HHRG-118-ED00-20240417-SD006.pdf https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/trump-defends-2017-fine-people-comments-calls-robert/story?id=62653478 https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/26/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks/ https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-9009420680 https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/lee-robert-e-and-slavery/
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