Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Farhana Khera, Executive Director of Muslim Advocates, regarding Trump’s latest comments on the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, VA this past weekend:

“President Trump is acting like the white-supremacist-in-chief.  

To be clear: there is only one side to this hate and violence, and the President is choosing to stand with the white nationalists, the confederates, the neo-Nazis, and people like Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka.

This is an intolerable failure to govern our diverse nation, and we urge all Americans to hold this president accountable.”

Muslim Advocates is a national legal advocacy and educational organization that works on the frontlines of civil rights to guarantee freedom and justice for Americans of all faiths.

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