The claim
Said Trump called Nazis protesting in the crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 “very fine people.”
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Related reporting says neo-Nazis were among the protesters at the 2017 Charlottesville rally. It reports that Trump said the protesters included “some very bad people,” but that there “were very fine people, on both sides.”[S6]
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- [original] PolitiFact original review
Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026
- [S6] America was born in protest. Did the Constitution expect this?
Additional research · Retrieved October 17, 2026
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