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15 Aug 2017

Merck, Intel, Under Armour, Alliance for American Manufacturing & AFL-CIO resign from manufacturing council following President Trump's response to white supremacist violence in Charlottesville

Five members of the American Manufacturing Council resigned following President Trump's failure to quickly condemn racism and violence by white supremacists at a rally in Charlottesville. The rally was organised to protest the planned removal of a statue of confederate general Robert E. Lee and demonstrations became violent as white nationalists intimidated and attacked counterprotesters. One woman was killed and 19 injured after a reported Nazi sympathiser drove into a crowd and two pilots were killed when a state police helicopter responding to the protests crashed. President Trump responded to the violence by condemning "in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides." President Trump's response was criticized for not specifically denouncing racism and white supremacy and for presenting a false equivalency between white nationalists and counterprotesters who were demonstrating against hate and bigotry. [refers to AFL-CIO, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Campbell Soup, Dell, Dow, General Electric, Intel, International Paper, Merck, Nucor, Under Armour & Whirlpool]

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