Merkel: ‘Extreme-Right’ Charlottesville March Was ‘Absolutely Repulsive’

German Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Angela Merkel, attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, the day after Merkel's party endured a second set... German Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Angela Merkel, attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, the day after Merkel's party endured a second setback in a state election in two weeks, as many voters turned to the left and right in Berlin. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) MORE LESS
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The German government is condemning the white nationalist rally in Virginia that turned violent Saturday, expressing solidarity with peaceful counter-protesters.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters Monday that it was an “absolutely repulsive scene at this extreme-right march.”

He said “there was outrageous racism, anti-Semitism and hate in its most despicable form to be seen, and whenever it comes to such speech or such images it is repugnant.”

He added that it’s “completely contrary to what the chancellor and the German government works for politically, and we are in solidarity with those who stand peacefully against such aggressive extreme-right opinions.”

Seibert says Merkel also regrets the death of a counter-protester and sent her sympathies to those injured.

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  1. Shamed. By the GERMANS about Nazism in our country. Let that sink in for a minute.

    These “people” need to be stopped by whatever means necessary.

  2. The American President is no longer the leader of the free world and that is pathetic.

  3. Merkel: Leader of the free world. Trump: Banana republic dictator wannabe.

  4. Counting down to the nonsense Trumptweet in response, betting on something about how Germans were Nazis first, you know, like how the KKK and slaveholders were Democrats. Reactive spasms of the feeblest of minds. And our great leader. Sigh.

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