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2024-08-13 05:04:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3D5A15E72F881B7F01393C48F88C3D259122365614E42AB9F469C5CB032685E7
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Trump described the Charlottesville rally as having “very fine people on both sides,” but later specified that he was not including “neo-Nazis and white nationalists.” Debunking opinions center around context, intent, and language (nationalist vs. supremacist). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/17/fact-check-trump-quote-very-fine-people-charlottesville/5943239002/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/what-trump-said-with-his-very-fine-people-comments-vs-what-he-meant/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/very-fine-people-charlottesville-who-were-they-2/ https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna160508
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