Schiff: We Can’t Allow Trump to Equate White Supremacists with Violent Antifa Protesters

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SCHIFF: "> Anyone committing violence ought to be condemned, anyone. There’s no justification for it whatsoever. I do think that cannot be allowed to obscure the fact that millions are gathering around the country and have been since this president was inaugurated in the most peaceful form of protests and we could allow the commander in chief to equate the handful of people that would make those protests violent with any kind of sentiment that condones white supremacy or neo-naziism. It gets back to the point you made earlier, Jake. The fundamental problem here is that the president of the united States can’t bring himself to repudiate a part of his support, and that is that small group of bigots that are supporters of his. He has taken a position, essentially, that if you’re with And that is that small group of bigots that are supporters of his. He has taken a position, essentially, that if you’re with me, you can do to no wrong. And I won’t condemn practically anything that you do. His difficulty during the campaign and your interview to condemn David duke is not at all unlike the difficulty he has had this week in a full-throated, unequivocal repudiation of sentiment and ideology that we not only find repugnant but this week in a full-throated, unequivocal repudiation of sentiment and ideology that we not only find repugnant but fought a World War over. I think that’s the root of the problem."