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GOP senator: 'It feels like violence is coming'The Hill John BowdenIn an extensive Facebook post, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) shared thoughts he said were prompted by the violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Va., that left three dead and multiple injured.Our Cleaning Solution is SaferHe unloaded on President Trump and his administration over the response to the incident, which Sasse called out as motivated by white supremacists. Sasse charged that some of Trump's closest advisers see racial division as an opportunity.However, he also blamed misunderstandings — some deliberate — on both sides of the aisle and argued that the current national debate should not be "a fight about historical monuments." Many state and local governments are taking steps to remove Confederate statues in the wake of the Charlottesville violence, which was originally organized to oppose the removal of a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue there.Continued: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-senator-it-feels-like-violence-is-coming/ar-AAqkKHT?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=ansmsnnews11