Melania Trump Responds to Charlottesville Clashes Before President Does

Jenna Amatulli
Updated

The first statements from the White House have trickled out on Twitter since the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, erupted ― beginning with first lady Melania Trump.

FLOTUS tweeted her sentiments about the “hate” coming out of Charlottesville by saying the following:

On Saturday, white supremacists and other fringe groups took over Charlottesville in preparation for a “Unite the Right” rally that has turned violent. The rally of the so-called alt-right was then met with Antifa counter-protesters and skirmishes ensued.

The violence and subsequent swarm of riot police making arrests, have caused a state of emergency in the state:

President Donald Trump made a public statement about the rally, a little under an hour later, tweeting that the country has “no place for this kind of violence”:

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The president is currently on a 17-day “working vacation” at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

This piece has been updated.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions

In a July 2017 interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump said he would never have&nbsp;nominated Sessions if he had known the attorney general would <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-recusal_us_596fec7be4b0110cb3cb8a9a" target="_blank">recuse himself</a>&nbsp;from the Russia investigation. He called Sessions' decision "extremely unfair ... to the president."

Former FBI Director James Comey

Trump said that Comey, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-fires-james-comey_us_59123897e4b05e1ca202d173">whom he fired in May</a>, was lying during <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-comey-trump-testimony_us_59384767e4b00610547eaf09">testimony before Congress</a>&nbsp;and that he tried to use&nbsp;a dossier filled with uncorroborated, damaging information about Trump to&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;him.

Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe

The Times reported that Trump suggested McCabe, who served as acting FBI director for a few months in mid-2017, had&nbsp;a conflict of interest because McCabe's wife received a campaign donation during a 2015 Virginia Senate race from a PAC&nbsp;connected&nbsp;with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and friend of Hillary and Bill Clinton.
The Times reported that Trump suggested McCabe, who served as acting FBI director for a few months in mid-2017, had a conflict of interest because McCabe's wife received a campaign donation during a 2015 Virginia Senate race from a PAC connected with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and friend of Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

The president accused Rosenstein of having conflicts of interest and said he was disappointed to learn&nbsp;that Rosenstein had worked as a federal prosecutor in&nbsp;Baltimore. "There are very few Republicans in Baltimore, if any," Trump said.
The president accused Rosenstein of having conflicts of interest and said he was disappointed to learn that Rosenstein had worked as a federal prosecutor in Baltimore. "There are very few Republicans in Baltimore, if any," Trump said.

Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III

Trump warned that Mueller would be crossing a line if the Russia investigation expanded into Trump's finances. Trump also said the special counsel&nbsp;had many conflicts of interest that&nbsp;Trump hadn't talked about yet, but&nbsp;would "at some point."
Trump warned that Mueller would be crossing a line if the Russia investigation expanded into Trump's finances. Trump also said the special counsel had many conflicts of interest that Trump hadn't talked about yet, but would "at some point."

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