Several other players across the NFL followed Kaepernick and engaged in similar protests. Trump took issue with the NFL demonstrations but was less harsh on far-right neo-Nazi groups who gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a rally in August. One woman was killed after James Fields Jr., who was there with white nationalist groups, plowed his car into a crowd of anti-racist demonstrators. Despite the violence, Trump declined to condemn white supremacists. “You have people who are very fine people on both sides.” Trump’s equivalency was immediately met with criticism as many said he was elevating the morals and views of white supremacist groups.

Source: Huffington Post September 23, 2017 16:18 UTC