Sen. Graham says Trump remarks divide Americans

Sen. Lindsey Graham says President Donald Trump’s comments about the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia are dividing Americans instead of healing them.

The South Carolina Republican says in a statement that many Republicans “will fight back against the idea that the Party of Lincoln has a welcome mat out for the David Dukes of the world.” Duke is a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Graham is responding to Trump’s comments at a news conference that white supremacist groups and the people protesting against them share the blame for the violence in Charlottesville.

Graham says Trump “took a step backward by again suggesting there is moral equivalency between the white supremacist neo-Nazis and KKK members who attended the Charlottesville rally” and people like Heather Heyer, who was killed at the rally.

— AP