charlottesville. we wish all of those who were injured a very speedy recovery. want to thank thank you for joining us here tonight. continuing coverage and analysis on the attack on "hannity" after this. >> sean: many thanks to all her friends on speed 27, welcome to "hannity." fox news alert. the president condemning yet again in the strongest possible terms the events in charlottesville, virginia. the violence and the mayhem. also tonight we will analyze the horrific politicizing of these events, that's tonight's very important breaking news opening monologue. ♪ >> sean: what we saw take place in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend, it is disgusting, it is despicable. and it's really hard to imagine this day and age that there are actually people out there that could do this to their fellow human beings. it's hard to imagine that there are people in this country that have these types of hateful,

inexcusable racist, white supremacist views. it's also hard to imagine that there are still some people that have that high level of ignorance that yes, live amongst us. there's no place in this country for these neo-nazis, fascist, white supremacist. what they stand for, they should be condemned in the widest terms possible by all good people in this country. what they believe in, it's the complete opposite of what the united states of america stands for and sadly we have seen way too much of these kinds of acts over the years. as far as the groups that were involved, the white supremacist, do they have a constitutional right to free speech? regardless of how disgusting and offensive what they say is? unfortunately that's how our first amendment works, even in the american civil liberties union, one of trump's biggest outspoken critics they defended the organization this weekend and the right to rally in court. it's allowed to happen. and the other groups down there also have the same right to

speak out against these evil people. make no mistake, this was all provoked by radical, racist extremists, the violent clashes should never have happened. when the police over the last number of years? also, we have watched extremists on both sides battling it out. we have seen this act too often. it doesn't solve a thing and it only gives these radicals on both sides more ammo so they can continue to spread their hatred. and what's so repulsive in all of this, we have a woman that died, dozens of fellow human beings injured this week and over what? a bunch of idiots fighting over stupid ignorant anti-american views and ideas? instead of covering this horrible situation fairly, openly, honestly like we are going to do tonight, over the weekend we saw the destroyed trump establishment media go into a feeding frenzy trying to assign blame as quickly as possible and of course to paint

the president, all conservatives, all republicans as racist bigots. that's not true. these are the exact same tactics we see by the left every two and four years during election cycles. more not just a minute. president trump is not a racist. conservatives, the conservatives i know, like and love, republicans i know and like, they are not racist. the country is filled with people that are good, honorable and decent and that most conservatives, if not all that i know. i'm not saying -- nobody saying racism doesn't exist. it does exist in this country, it's sad. but if we are going to be fair and honest, this is not exclusive to one particular party. there are racists on both sides in america but most americans, what are they, good, great people. they condemn racism, they get up every morning, they work hard, play by the roles, pay their taxes, create goods and services that others want, need and desire. and they raise their kids to be

good people. for all the white supremacists out there, you know what, there are others on the left, the nation of islam leader for example, that are insane. it's a simple truth. but all we heard all weekend long from the left, the mainstream media is that these extremists in charlottesville this weekend somehow represent all conservatives, that the president supports them. he doesn't. all republicans. they attack the president again and again and again. i don't it? take a look. >> if you're looking for the roots of why white supremacists and neo-nazis felt emboldened to march in a college town, you don't have to look very far from the white house. >> we have a racist is the president. amanda cannot stand up and condemn the ku klux klan and nazism is a racist. >> he was a coward, he didn't have the spine to behave like the leader of the united states and i feel that to be shameful. he is not only unfit to be president. in my book, his lack of empathy,

his lack of leadership, his lack of courage. he's unfit to be human. >> sean: unbelievable, unfit to be human. let's go back, let's take a look at the president's original comments on all of this. this all happened before a madman plowed into a group of people with this car. here's what what president trump tweeted. "we all must be united and condemn all that hate stands for. there's no place for this kind of miles in america. let's come together as one." the president also said, "we must remember this truth, no matter our color, creed or electric domestic political party, we are all americans first." once it turned deadly, president trump immediately came out and gave a statement. here's what the president said. take a look. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> sean: all weekend long i, like many of you, watch the

media going insane acting like they didn't know what the president was talking about. they ran with a false narrative on the weekend. big story, he didn't mention the groups by name. it couldn't be more obvious, more transparent for the president was talking about. he was standing for equal justice under the law, against racism and the press, what did they do? they use a high-profile act of violence to bludgeon the president and conservatives politically. so protectable. it's crystal clear with the president was talking about. but the press, they went after him anyway. the destroyed trump establishment media, they didn't care about the violence seemingly or the racial tensions they are creating or the civil unrest as much as they care about using this tragedy as an opportunity to attack people they disagree with and in particular the president. to try and deflect as much damage politically as possible. just like they have done since november 8th, that's a simple

truth. president trump once again, he came out today, he condemned again what happened and yes he called out the groups by name. take a look. >> racism is evil. those who cause violence and its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> sean: we all know that's not going to be good enough. the media is never going to be satisfied with anything the president says or does. if it's not part of their ideology and narrative. they want to paint the president, conservatives, republicans as racist and bigoted by ignoring what he set this weekend, ignoring him over the years again and again and again and condemning white supremacist, people like david duke. for example, let me give you an example, this is donald trump over the years, something that destroyed trump media will never show you, condemning duke, white

supremacist. look. >> what are your views on the ku klux klan and watch it from? >> i totally disavow the ku klux klan. i totally disavow david duke. i've been doing it now for two weeks, you're probably about the 18th person that asked me to question. i didn't even know he endorsed me. i disavow. >> david duke announced his senate candidacy claiming your agenda for his own, essentially saying glad that you -- newt gingrich said every republican should repudiate this guy. >> and i do, rebuked. >> what you see is the biggest problem with the reform party right now? >> you've got david duke, a bigot, a racist, a problem. this is not exactly the people you want in your party. >> sean: bigot, racist, rebuked, repudiate, want nothing to do with. president trump and the people that voted for him and support

his agenda, they don't like racist, they don't like bigots, they do not like what went on in charlottesville. conservatives that i have known my whole life, republicans like norma holick, people like me. the forgotten men and women, the people that are out of work. what was this election about? it was about getting jobs, getting our economy back in shape. was also about keeping our country safe and secure. that's with the selection was about but yet every 2-4 years the left, and the democrats, the media, they divide americans by playing the race card every single election. remember 1998, radio ad, missouri. elect a republican and black churches are going to burn, or 2000 when george bush reported the death penalty for the guy that brutally murdered an innocent man with the name of james burger. for example, take a look through out history. >> many republicans talk encoded race language is about taker's

and losers. they demonize president obama and encourage the ugliest impulses of the paranoid fringe. >> if you accept the support of kkk sympathizers before you are president, you will accept their support after your president. >> they will put you all back and change. >> is wrong with the leader of the republican party and this congress are doing and blocking an accurate census because they don't want to count everyone that they don't think they can count on. >> don't tell me which got a color-blind society. >> sean: notice how he changes his society, his voice, his cadence, his tone. 1998, even went too far as to say that the republicans know there's is the wrong agenda for african-americans, they don't even want to count you in the census. what a lie. if that is president obama's book. audacity of hope. where was the media? he recounted a sermon from reverend jeremiah wright from

the church, white folks greed, was the media outraged over this? >> it is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day, or white folks greed once a world in need. apathy in another hemisphere. >> sean: so inspired by reverend wright, black liberation ideology, he sat in the pews of his church for 20 years. remember him attacking u.s. kkk in the sunday after 9/11, america's chickens coming home to roost. take a look. >> the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yard. america's chickens are coming home to roost. not god bless america, for

treating our citizens as less than human. >> sean: 20 plus years in the church. how many media covered? that's what president obama started his political career. what about the nation of islam leader: white people of the devil, the skunk of the planet earth and has said many racist, anti-semitic things, too many to count. recent report, they are saying in this audio that he met privately with then senator barack obama before he announced his presidential run. he said that the nation of islam support barack obama quietly for president and when he was a community organizer, of course at "the daily caller" pointed out, neither obama or lewis want to talk about that friendship. has there been any investigation by the media? british shocking. the media didn't think it was important for you to know these things, they didn't cover a lot of things. president obama's handling, the high-profile racial case is what he was president when he jumped to conclusions, rushed to judgment without facts or

information? he was supposed to be a lawyer, too. watch this. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. there's a long history in this country of african-americans and latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. that's just a fact. the african-american community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws. >> sean: president obama also had members from the group, black lives matter, people chanting things like pigs in a blanket, bacon, talking about cops. when they talk about what we want? dead cops. when do we want them, now. they were invited to the white house where the president prays that group. take a look. >> with also got some young people here or making history as we speak. people like britney, who served on our police task force in the

wake of ferguson and has led many of the protests that took place there and shined a light on the injustice that was happening. people, who have done outstanding work mobilizing in baltimore around these issues. >> sean: member hillary clinton running for president? she praised black lives matter. the same people? dead cops. watch her. >> we do have to stand up and say loudly and clearly black lives matter. there is a long list, we need a new new deal for communities of color. >> sean: drivers to the media talk about these things? this is why shows like this in my opinion are different from the liberal mainstream media. they've ignored these examples for decades. i also don't seem to care about the threats of violence that have been made repeatedly against our current president, president trump. remember, this photo was so graphic, we always have to issue the warrant, it shows kathy griffin posing, suffered blood

he had a president trump. johnny depp talking about killing a president, madonna talking about blowing up the trump white house. it really? take a look. >> one with the last time an actor assassinated a president? [cheers and applause] >> i want to clarify, i'm not an actor. i lie for a living. however, it's been a while. and maybe it's time. >> yes i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. >> sean: imagine, god forbid, somebody said that in the obama years. shakespeare in the park, that performance showing ekstrom-like person being brutally stabbed to death. mickey rourke advocating for violence against the president. remember the bernie sanders supporter, the one who targeted a republican baseball practice

leaving congressman steve scully's for his life? was the media blaming democrats for that? now, and by the way they shouldn't have. i don't blame bernie either. by the way, the left is totally unhinged at this point. this is sadly who they are, the double standard they adopt. either way, after all these examples with democrats line up to condemn those people. where are they condemning all the things we are playing tonight? they've got a separate set of rules for republicans and democrats. every 2-4 years the democrats divide the country, they play identity politics. it's been a part of this playbook the democrats used for generations so it's time for the destroy trumpet establishment media to start recognizing how they have a massive double standard, that they have an agenda and ideology because just like, sadly, white supremacist in charlottesville, hatred of any kind should not be tolerated or ever given a free pass. period.

whoever is involved in the hatred, like the heat we saw this we can. joining us with reaction, larry, nationally syndicated host. fox news contributor murdock. anything i'm saying here that's wrong? >> no, it's spot on. the liberal media couldn't control themselves, they couldn't resist the opportunity to somehow turn this on president trump. i was proud of the original statement. the president knows you have to be measured, calm. if you want to calm the waters, you want to be thoughtful in your initial statement because it really all you don't have all the facts and you don't want to speak out of hand. then over the weekend as he learned more facts he came out today and reiterated what he said and even some more forceful terms. i was proud of the way he handled that. again, really took this ugly situation -- there's no winners in charlottesville, it was hate versus hate. for the neo-nazis, you have black lives matter clashing. there's just no winners there. every time one of the situations happens you see the worst of

people sometimes. i think we saw it out of the left. >> sean: larry elder, we've known each other going back a couple decades now. you have taken a lot of heat over very long, successful career for pointing out a lot of the things i tried to mention in this monologue. why the double standard? have you figured it out? >> i haven't been able to figure out but i will tell you, 1963, i'm 12 years old, governor george wallace, a democrat stands in front of a school door and defends segregation. fast forward 28 years later, david duke runs as a republican, it gets zero support from the congress for his candidacy, the rnc put out a statement blasting his candidacy. george herbert walker bush called him a racist and the only time we ever see david duke again is when cable news takes him up. the man hasn't been relevant in decades. and the reason for all of this attention, the reason the media is covering this thing like it's a super bowl is because of this narrative that donald trump

blatantly reached out to white racist to get elected. if that's the case, how is it that he got fewer percentage -- what percentage of white voters that mitt romney did, a greater percentage of minority voters, blacks, hispanics and asians, they met romney did. the blacks, hispanics and asians were too stupid to realize they were joining the movement with white racist and a white racist or too stupid to realize they were joining a movement with a bunch of people of color they don't like you might come on! >> sean: and my right, as i watched this weekend, i'm going to absorb this, i took notes all weekend. i saw a media hit a new low and it's like it happens and they just wanted politically to bludgeon, politically i'm speaking, this president. and tie him to this in spite of what he said historically, which they've never played. and in spite of what he said earlier this weekend. >> i think you're absolutely right. here's a name you may not ever have heard throughout this controversy, james alex

fields jr. he's a neo-nazi who allegedly, because he's innocent until proven guilty in court, allegedly drove that car, ran into those people, killed a woman named heather heyer, age 32. i believe hit another 19 people who were injured, some of them very seriously. he's the one responsible for this mayhem and get the whole weekend it sounded as if donald trump were driving the car smacking into those people. i think you probably could have avoided a lot of this controversy if you come out harder earlier on this. nonetheless, you seen the media and a lot of mnes to enemies of president trump trying to blame him. >> sean: stay right there, more with sheriff clark, more larry elder, more murdock right after the break. also tonight we will check in with florida governor mike huckabee. he weighs in on the horrific events in the politicizing of it. straight ahead. ink.

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to the racially charged violence in charlottesville, virginia. the president's motorcade avoided the crowd as it pulled into the fifth avenue high-rise. this is his first visit to trump tower since he took office. in north carolina today another group of protesters toppled a federal monument earlier tonight. several men use the ladder to reach the top of the statue and managed to pull it down with a rope. protesters began kicking the statute and then marched peacefully to police headquarters. no injuries or arrest reported there. back to "hannity" ." >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence. it has no place in america and as i have said many times before, the matter the color of our skin we all live under the same laws.

we all salute the same great flag. >> sean: as we continue on "hannity," that was more of the president's speech, speaking out more today condemning all of the hatred in all forms. in terms of charlottesville would continue. sheriff, you've got one guy, tweeting out yesterday it's the white supremacist white house. you've got a guy in the new york daily news saying the president has blood on his hands. if got rob reiner sang pretty much that the president has been literally almost the same exact thing as he goes out and attacks the president. in saying that the president has been stoking racism for years. we just played a montage over the years of him not doing it and then you look at the media, they just say it and they say it again and again. i don't know what this means for the country if the public can't get information that is factual anymore.

>> those were political cheap shots that you expect to have somebody like maxine waters and other people on the left. like i said, this course in cheap political points. i note donald trump, president trump, i know him personally, he does not have a racist bone in his body. as a matter of fact back in the '90s he was awarded in new york along with rosa parks and muhammad ali, they were given awards for their contribution to the black community in new york city. this is just a made up narrative, but like i said, i thought it was pretty embarrassing, too that politicians on both sides of the board couldn't get to a microphone or camera fast enough to flaunt their racial sensitivity and their moral superiority out of this thing when like i said it was an awkward situation. instead of waiting for this thing to settle down and hold the people accountable who should be held accountable, like i said, you've got hate versus hate there. they all said there is a political opportunity here.

especially on the left, every time they get, every chance they get no matter what president trump would have said it wouldn't have drawn any applause from the left. that's just the way that they are right now but again i thought what he said was measured, it was thoughtful, it was very presidential and calm the waters, unlike his predecessor barack obama, who after every one of these situations part hot sauce on a simmering situation. >> sean: the president jumped the gun on all of those cases and ended up a four-time loser on cambridge on trade on martin, ferguson, baltimore, what about cnn commentator, is unfit to be. donnie deutsch on nbc, trump is a sniveling coward and a racist. imagine if a conservative said that about obama. >> let's condemn all bigots whether it's david duke or maxine waters. maxine waters has never seen a republican president she hasn't called a racist. the other day she even called alan dershowitz a racist.

what about the 50 plus visits that one of the nation's biggest anti-semites made to obama's white house. why wouldn't the concern about bigoted media calling out obama for inviting this man, that a local jewish leader accused of formulating the crown heights right. one with the media condemning these kinds of things. these are the kinds of double standards that try people like donald trump crazy, and i don't blame him. >> sean: i will give you the final work tonight, what you think you might >> if donald trump really is this white supremacist why did he go campaign in black neighborhoods last fall he spoke in a black church, a school setting in cleveland, 8% of the black vote, that's one-third more than mitt romney did, who got 6%. he's really dedicated his presidency to school choice, to expanding options for black families to send their kids some are they actually might learn something. despite all these claims by the left that he's away to premises, here's a republican who who is

actually reached out for black support and gotten it. >> sean: thank you very much. certainly the country needs strength and truth now. coming up we will have more on the abusively biased mainstream establishment media politicizing the events in charlottesville over the weekend, trying to paint every conservative as a racist in this country. former governor mike huckabee is nextne. he got a recommendation for our custom fit orthotic to relieve his foot, knee, or lower back pain, from being on his feet. dr. scholl's. born to move. a penny it's ourr back to school one cent event at office depot office max. notebooks! one cent! rulers, glue and 12-pack pencils! all one cent each! hurry to office depot office max! ♪taking care of business

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>> sean: welcome back to "hannity." as we explained earlier, my opening monologue tonight, when news broke about the horrific events in charles of , charlottesville this weekend the media try to display every republican, and the president as racist. there is more of the disturbing, corrupt and biased coverage. take a look. >> if colin can be out of a job for exercising a peaceful first amendment job wire the three and the white house, steve bannon, gorka and miller, whose

jobs are funded by the taxpayers, why they still working? >> it is a fair point. >> white supremacist from our country from the beginning, thanks to donald trump they are out of the light. >> sean: former presidential candidate, former governor mike huckabee. you've been outspoken, but this broad brush, this was almost instantaneous to advance the narrative. we see it every two years, every four years, every election. democrats play this identity politics, republicans are racist, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobic, islamophobic et cetera. >> to call people who work inside the white house, who passed a very extensive background check from the fbi, to call them neo-nazis, that's absurd. this is beyond irrational. this borders on the insane. i wonder, will some of these people need to be institutionalized because they have never been able to accept that donald trump was elected by

the american people to be president of the united states. this is bizarre and again, it defies all rational thought. >> sean: governor, haven't we ignored this game, elect republicans, black churches burned, george w. bush, george w. bush supports the death penalty. al gore, republicans don't want to count you in the senses. to have the wrong agenda for african-americans. it happens every four years and i played a history of donald trump condemning whites to premises him, the kkk, david duke, it goes back years. they don't care. >> a lot of it has to do with the fact that they believe that the american public is as stupid as they are mean and hateful on the left. how else can you look at this? one of the most bizarre things that i'm watching the role of this is that this is no longer

an attempt to evaluate what they think is wrong with donald trump's presidency. i've said before, let me say it with you tonight, this is an attempted coup d'etat to get rid of the duly elected president of the united states. they did not meet him at the ballot box so they are going to try and find a way to literallyo matter what it takes to do it. that ought to really be an affront to every voter. let me tell you, this one way we can know donald trump is not a racist and it's a simple way. this is a 70-year-old man who lived most all of his adult life in the hot spotlight of public scrutiny. not one time when his very successful show on nbc was on the air, not one time during all of the scrutiny that he said, and he's had plenty of it in the celebrity world of being a real estate tycoon, not once did anyone ever say about donald trump that he was a racist, you don't just suddenly change your entire philosophy of

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>> ally from america's news headquarters, i'm kelly wright. here's what going on. as it returns home to new york city. this was the scene earlier tonight outside trump tower for the president arrived to chance of shame. the racially charged violence in virginia. just a short time ago donald trump jr. tweeted this in response to the media's criticism of his father's handling of events in charlottesville. there is no right answer, response only a moving goal line that can never be reached. word out of north korea that kim jong-un has been briefed on his military's plan to fire ballistic missiles near the u.s. territory of guam after examining the plan, the leader has reportedly opted to watch washington's behavior, "a little more."

i'm kelly wright, hannity is back. >> we are equal in the eyes of our creator. we are equal under the law. and we are equal under our constitution. those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of america. >> sean: the president earlier today again condemning the violence that took place in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. joining us now with reaction fox news contributor david webb, conservative columnist monica webb. monica crowley. he expanded on it today, it was all most instantaneous politicizing of these events and we played the history of a president that has condemned white supremacy, condemned david duke, condemned the kkk and you would think he never said those tonight things all at those times over the years. >> that's right. today's statement was really

strong and much more assertive. i think he understood that that was required given how the events over the last three days have unfolded. look, you ask the question whether this will be good enough for the left and the media, and the answer is clearly no. we know that no matter what donald trump says or does at any given moment it's never going to be enough. they are always in search of a club with which to pound this president and now they feel that they have a very direct and strong lever with race relations in the country and again it doesn't matter what his history is or what he said today about it. it will use that against him and i say to you on the show, two weeks ago, that if and when the russia investigation falls apart as it very well may that they will be in search of something else. now maybe over the last couple of days they think that they have found that something else because race relations are so incredibly sensitive in this country.

what donald trump i think now understands as we saw them a stronger more direct statement from him today is that he needs to make sure that he doesn't give any of his enemies, whether they are in the media or elsewhere, any kind of ammunition whatsoever. i think the statement today one very far in making sure that to the extent that he can, he can close down this line of attack. >> sean: what do you think, david webb, about the examples i used my opening monologue? the church of reverend wright hanging out, inviting black lives matter. it's a story you've covered for us extensively on the show, then invited to the white house. hillary seeks, after a group saying what do we want, debt costs. when do we want them, now. how did they get an invitation to the white house and where was the media event? >> the media it was just there, they just chose not to cover it. monica's points are all frankly dead on and well taken that they are never going give this president a break, as i've said many times before.

if president trump cured cancer they would say he caused it so he could short. they are going to attack but the people, you and i, the american people are the ones that have rejected them, they are cornered political animals. they will not report on it fairly and i like what the president did. he came out -- first of all he came out strong in the beginning. he said many phases. that meant anyone who brought a tear because what you had worked various hate groups, leftist, socialist, black lives matter. there were people there, but they were not the story. had there been a peaceful encounter or protest this wouldn't have been an issue, spurred on by the actions of others who came there to literally cause a fight. he was never going to win that so don't engage in an argument. >> sean: thank you for being with us, sorry we went wrong along tonight. when we come back the department of of justice now opened up a civil rights investigation into saturday's deadly attack in

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>> i just met with fbi director christopher wray and attorney general jeff sessions. the department of justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the deadly car attack that killed one

innocent american and wounded 20 others. >> sean: that was the president earlier today discussing the federal response to the violence that occurred over the weekend in charlottesville. joining is now fox news corresponding at-large geraldo rivera. reverend darrell scott. reverend scott, you know work on the president's national diversity council comic you know them, you've been with him a lot, you heard his statement this weekend, he expanded on it today. i played tapes of him condemning these racist groups over the many, many years, your reaction to the handling of the media this weekend of this case? >> the media is always looking for a reason to bash, undermine the president and his presidency. he made a statement over the weekend i was satisfied with. he denounced everyone that was involved in this activity. the media thought he wasn't being specific enough. he came back today and went and

specifically denounced certain neo-nazis, ku klux klan, whatever. they are launching a federal investigation, a civil rights investigation, they want to determine motive and intent and then they will prosecute the perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law. what more could he have done? matter what he did they were going to find a reason to criticize him. >> sean: with all due respect to the reverend, a very honorable person with a good heart, i think this was an unforced error by our friend the president of united states. the statement he made today should have been the statement he made on saturday. give me a few seconds to explain where i think you went wrong. there are superficial similarities between the various sides that went to the violent confrontation in charlottesville. they had shields, both sides, they had bats, they had mace, they had combat helmets. but only one side was representing the most hateful ideology in the history of modern man, the. who are the?

the nazis made it its cost to wipe out a race of people. they wanted to wipe out all the of europe. they were responsible for 50 million deaths. that to one side in charlottesville was representing, so despite the superficial similarities and despite the fact that you swing a bat, you swing a bat, that's a crime when you swing a bat. when one side is representing somebody that wants to annihilate you and deny equality and forge a racist identity then there's no similarities in the president should have been unequivocal in his condemnation. >> sean: how long have you known me and conservatives like me? you know we despise those peopl people. they are not in a conservative i know and hang out with our pastor scott or you. every republican i know hate those people. i don't even know who these all right people are. >> one of the reasons i am so

proud to call you my brother and hang out with you and believe with my deepest feelings and most sincere of brotherly love for you, is that you are sincere, you are straightforwar straightforward, you have a fresh take on politics than i do but you love this country. that's why we want this president to succeed but he must be very careful. i think he was trying to walk on egg shells, trying not to alienate his base, trying not to offend anybody. >> sean: i don't think so at all. >> no matter how he would have responded, the media would have criticized him. >> you might be right, reverent. that may be exactly right but why give them an opening? why with so much else going on, why given the opening? >> i don't hit my stopwatch to determine the president's response time. whether he responded saturday, he did respond today. whatever mess people think he

may saturday i think he cleaned it up today. >> it's going to be kind and understanding, it is another to suffer fools. whoever advised him to go easy on the nazis was a fool. >> sean: pastor, leftward, we got to roll. >> you know the president, you know he's not sympathetic to nazis. >> i do, but there are those who look at him and say it's a dog whistle, the southern strategy and so forth. he has to be firmer than anyone else in the condemnation of this kind of overt racism. >> sean: thank you. when we come back, more "hannity" after the break. nick was born to move.

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>> sean: welcome back to "hannity," unfortunately that's all the time we have left this evening. our thoughts and prayers to all the people in charlottesville, the family of this young woman, the victim in this case, those injured. hope you will set your dvr so

you never miss an episode. the show will always be fair and balanced. a lot more to cover tomorrow night. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to tucker carlson tonight. >> this agreement, the craziness, lunatic bent on murdering a crowd of people with his b car. everything that happened in a charlottesville over the weekend was awful. maybe the feeling you got when you watched it that things were completely out of control. this is what chaos looks like.. one man swing confederate flag like a club. his opponent trying to burn him with a homemade flame thrower. all of this happening on the city street in midday and no one trying to stop them. what country was this? where were the authorities? what happened to the police? is this america?