On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris referenced the discredited “very fine people” narrative, inaccurately asserting that President Donald Trump had lauded white supremacists and neo-Nazis during the events in Charlottesville, despite his actual condemnation of these groups. This assertion originated from the official presidential campaign’s “rapid response” team on X / Twitter.
7 years ago today, white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched on Charlottesville, chanting racist and antisemitic bile and killing an innocent woman.
This is who Donald Trump calls “very fine people” pic.twitter.com/FfHJhWVR9B
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 12, 2024
Snopes.com formally refuted the assertion in June, seven years following the event. However, Harris faced this debunking directly during the vice presidential debate in 2020, when she attempted to leverage it against Trump and was confronted with the truth. The reality is that Trump was commending the non-violent individuals on both sides of a discussion regarding a statue. He differentiated their conduct from that of the violent neo-Nazis and Antifa activists who clashed in Charlottesville.
A lie that has been so thoroughly and exhaustively debunked that repeating it insults the intelligence of the American people.
Pretty much sums up Kamala's campaign. https://t.co/AegbGtGXRL pic.twitter.com/JcSlVdUJ7R
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 12, 2024
