Tim Scott, Republican senator for South Carolina, met President Trump yesterday to try to “inform and educate” him about the brutal history surrounding the white supremacist movement ReutersPresident Trump reopened old wounds from the protests in Charlottesville as he was effectively forced into signing a resolution condemning some of the white supremacist groups involved. Mr Trump signed a text “rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups”, which was drawn up by Congress last week and passed with such a wide majority that it would likely nullify any presidential veto. Before signing the resolution into law, Mr Trump revived his caustic suggestion that neo-Nazis and leftwing counterprotesters in Charlottesville were equally to blame for disturbances that ended when a car was driven into demonstrators, killing an anti-fascist activist. He repeated his position that there were “some pretty bad dudes on the other side”, adding: “Now because…

Source: The Times September 15, 2017 07:52 UTC