Another false equivalency — he said one side had a permit — they had a permit for Saturday — they did not have a permit to march through the public space on Friday shouting Nazi slogans. To gather outside of a church with people who opposed them.
That was not a a peaceful protest about a statue.
It was that unlawful action that pulled out protesters on Saturday.
It is a racist gish gallop — he just threw so many indefensible statements out that people are scrambling set them all right. Republicans try to hide behind one not entirely crazy thing he says in his speeches — where are they left with this one? Absolutely everything he said was a either outright racist or a dog whistle — any republican who does not denounce it unequivocably should be handed a tiki torch. The tea party has now become the tiki party.