Trump's Charlottesville comments push North Korea from spotlight
By Rebecca Savransky - 08/13/17 01:18 PM EDT
President Trump's comments on the violent clashes that broke out at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. dominated Sunday morning political shows that just a day earlier had been ready to focus on heightened tensions with North Korea.
Top White House aides on Sunday defended the president, who faced criticism for criticizing violence by "many sides" in Charlottesville and not directly calling out hate groups marching in the city.
National security adviser H.R. McMaster, for example, spoke out strongly against bigotry and hatred in his defense of Trump.
"The president has been very clear," McMaster said on ABC's "This Week." "We cannot tolerate this kind of bigotry, this kind of hatred. And what he did is he called on all Americans to take a firm stand against it."
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