"Racism Is Evil" - Trump Says "Justice Will Be Delivered" In Charlottesville; Denounces KKK, White Supremacists

During an impromptu statement from The White House, President Trump attempted to clear up the nation"s comprehensions of his views calling out the "KKK, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and other hate groups as repugnant."

Headlines from President Trump"s statement:

• *TRUMP: IN WASHINGTON TO MEET WITH ECONOMIC TEAM


• *TRUMP: RENEGOTIATING TRADE DEALS, DISCUSSING TAX REFORM


• *TRUMP CALLS CHARLOTTESVILLE ATTACK "HORRIFIC"


• *TRUMP: DOJ HAS OPENED CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION


• *TRUMP SAYS "JUSTICE WILL BE DELIVERED" FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE


• *TRUMP SAYS DISPLAY OF BIGOTRY, VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN U.S.


• *TRUMP SAYS HATE GROUPS ARE REPUGNANT TO AMERICAN IDEALS


• *TRUMP SAYS KKK, NEO-NAZIS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND OTHER HATE GROUPS ARE REPUGNANT


• *TRUMP: ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL UNDER U.S. CONSTITUTION


• *TRUMP DENOUNCES VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF BIGOTRY


• *TRUMP: WILL SPARE NO RESOURCE TO RID U.S. OF VIOLENCE, FEAR

"No matter the color of our skin, we all live under the same laws"

Trump: "No matter the color of our skin, we all live under the same laws" pic.twitter.com/y5eIo6Auu2

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 14, 2017

The money shot that everyone was hoping for: "Racism is evil and those that cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs – including the KKK, Neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to eveything we hold dear as Americans"...

Trump: "Racism is evil and those that cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs –including the KKK, Neo-nazis..." pic.twitter.com/B60ypgRFQa

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 14, 2017

Full Statement:

Of course, for many in the media, this is too little too late, as summed up by this "unbiased" opinion from none other than John Harwood:

grudging. bare minimum. no indication he was feeling the words he was reading.

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 14, 2017

Though this seemed to sum things up rather well...

Liberal Twitter: "He should have done that days ago! He"s still bad!"
Fox: "If this doesn"t quiet his critics, they don"t like Americans."

— jg (@JustinGlawe) August 14, 2017