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Heather Heyer

American paralegal, activist and murder victim

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Dec 4, 2025
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Did donald trump say there were good people on both sides

Donald Trump did say, in a news conference after the 2017 Charlottesville violence, that “you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides,” and he repeatedly framed blame as falling on “...

Jan 20, 2026
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What was Donald Trump's response to the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally?

Donald Trump’s public response to the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville began with a general condemnation of violence “on many sides,” repeatedly insisting there was “blame on both ...

Dec 14, 2025
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Which 2009–2017 protests escalated into riots in the United States and what triggered them?

Between 2009 and 2017, several U.S. protests escalated into riots or violent unrest tied most often to police killings or controversial right-wing/white-supremacist mobilizations: the 2009 Oakland unr...

Jan 28, 2026

Did Trump call Nazis very fine people from Charlottesville

The record shows did say the words "you also had people that were " in response to questions about the violent in on August 15, 2017 . He also, in that same exchange and in related statements, said he...

Jan 25, 2026

What role did counter-protesters play in the Charlottesville events?

at were a broad coalition—local clergy and racial‑justice organizers, , and ordinary residents—who turned out in large numbers to oppose the Aug. 11–12, 2017 “” white‑supremacist rally and who both so...

Jan 29, 2026

How did media outlets interpret Trump's good people on both sides statement?

Media coverage of ’s August 2017 remark that there were “” in split into two broad interpretations: most outlets and fact-checkers treated the line as an unacceptable moral equivalence that appeared t...

Nov 7, 2025

Did Trump praise neo Nazis At Charlottesville?

President Donald Trump’s August 2017 remarks about the Charlottesville Virginia rally included the phrase which critics interpreted as praise for white nationalists and neo‑Nazis while Trump and some ...