When presented with a verbatim quote from President Trump on Tuesday (“You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent”), more disagree (53%) than agree (43%).
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Republicans agreed, 87%-11%. Democrats disagreed, 83%-15%. Independents disagreed, 59%-39%.
Far more blame “the far right groups” for Charlottesville (46%) than “the counter-protesters” (9%), but a remarkable 40% concur with Trump’s assertion that both were equally responsible.
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