White nationalists and counter protesters continued to clash on Saturday as Charlottesville police and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency by mid afternoon.
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A Ford Mustang drove into a group of pedestrian counter protesters in the afternoon hours.
The move was reportedly triggered by one of the counter protesters hitting the Mustang with a rock causing the driver to swing around and plow into cars and pedestrians in its attempt to get away.
WARNING – GRAPHIC LANGUAGE.
Video of car hitting anti-racist protestors. Let there be no confusion: this was deliberate terrorism. My prayers with victims. Stay home. pic.twitter.com/MUOZs71Pf4
— Brennan Gilmore (@brennanmgilmore) August 12, 2017
Scary! Car plows through protesters in #Charlottesvillepic.twitter.com/tA3T0T4EYp
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) August 12, 2017
It was the most brutal of all the scenes in Charlottesville. Some positive and some extremely negative.
Charlotttesville vice mayor @DrWesBellamy tells the crowd “This is OUR city.” #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/UzxQwIhyWe
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 12, 2017
“From the Midwest to the South, punch a Nazi in the mouth” #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/UoLVLaCJiZ
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 12, 2017
Riot police on scene. #Charlottesville officials have declared the #UniteTheRight rally an unlawful assembly.pic.twitter.com/4lrIECMlMw
— Tennessee (@TEN_GOP) August 12, 2017
Wild RT @TEN_GOP: BREAKING: State of emergency declared for #Charlottesville because of #UniteTheRight rally chaos. pic.twitter.com/aAj4YoZGYy
— Jon Fitch (@jonfitchdotnet) August 12, 2017
A white nationalist protest on the University of Virginia campus became violent and the left was all too quick to pin the protest on the GOP.
The hundreds of torch carrying protesters chanted slogans like “white lives matter” and got physical with counter protesters, ahead of the #UniteTheRight rally scheduled for Saturday, the Daily Progress reported.
The marchers chanted slogans like “blood and soil, a phrase tied to the Nazis, and “you will not replace us.”
Counter protesters chanted “go home Nazis” and held signs like “VA students against white supremacists.”
Protesters on both sides were hit with pepper spray by police who broke up the demonstration, declaring it an unlawful assembly.
“Everyone has a right under the First Amendment to express their opinion peaceably, so here’s mine… I am beyond disgusted by this unsanctioned and despicable display of visual intimidation on a college campus,” Democrat Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer told CNN.
Leftists on social media leaped at the opportunity to paint all conservatives and Republicans as part of this movement.
#Charlottesville #UniteTheRight
This. Is. The. Republican. Party. pic.twitter.com/IZXQD1L8V3
— WAKE UP AMERICA! (@Feisal_Hagi) August 12, 2017
A Trumpy collection of weak white pathetic losers in #Charlottesville tonight. If you are a Republican: fuck you for allowing this nightmare https://t.co/b7n2WoTUaE
— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) August 12, 2017
Could you image Republicans reaction if it was BLM with torches in #Charlottesville? They’d be calling for full riot gear deployment
— ♻️ Christopher Zullo (@ChrisJZullo) August 12, 2017
This, this is how Trump got elected. This is the new Republican Party. This is the idiots in #Charlottesville https://t.co/fE5caQ3I8B
— Monica Esenwein (@monica_raezer) August 12, 2017
“Unite the Right” this is a dangerous right wing Republican movement to oppress minorities. We’re still fighting for equality for everybody https://t.co/1SlaOfpyoD
— Scott Co Democrats (@ScottKYDems) August 12, 2017
But what they ignored is the condemnation the protest received from many on the right.
I’m a republican, and voted for Trump. I do not condone this racist activity going on in #Charlottesville
— The Millennial Issue (@MillennialIssue) August 12, 2017
I’m Republican.This is NOT my party.These are NOT my values. I don’t recognize/understand this. I wont stand for this. Ever#Charlottesville https://t.co/6yrUoXynwg
— David Smith (@CHIDavidSmith) August 12, 2017
i’m a white, cisgender, gay, republican woman and i condemn the hatred and bigotry of the march in #Charlottesville
— sammie (@sam_torsiello) August 12, 2017
hey dummy stop virtue signaling. I’m a white republican & offended by the marchers in #Charlottesville
— Sven Trump (@longpeterjr) August 12, 2017
Screw you white supremacists! You are not the Republican Party. #Charlottesville
— (((REAL TEAPARTY™))) (@NHTeaParties) August 12, 2017
The organizers should never have used the term unite the right. It puts a bad image on good people on the conservative side.
— Paul A Marketos (@PaulAMarketos) August 12, 2017
Unite the Right? You aren’t part of the right I’m on. You’re an embarrassment. Conservative values are about a fair chance for all.
— Aaron Marga (@OneWay248) August 12, 2017
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