We break down how the White House, Breitbart News, Steve Bannon and Trump’s cabinet are all connected to recent events in CharlottesvilleHas the White House been fanning the flames of white supremacy in America? On MSNBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, McMaster was asked three times to defend Bannon; three times he ducked the questions. The White House issued a statement to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day that made no mention of Jews or antisemitism. Now Trump has belatedly condemned neo-Nazis, white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan, two days after instead blaming “many sides” for Saturday’s carnage in Charlottesville, Virginia. His choice of language on Saturday delighted some on the far right who took it to be an expression of support.

Source: The Guardian August 14, 2017 17:45 UTC