The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff Reports
Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:22 AM
David Duke Attacks Both President Trump, Gov. Terry McAuliffe Over Charlottesville Response
KKK members and alt-right activists conglomerated and eventually rioted against counter-protesters and police at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA Saturday morning. The "Unite the Right" rally was to protest the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the city.
Gov. McAuliffe declared a state of emergency after violence broke out.
Former Louisiana congressman Duke attacked McAuliffe, saying the governor "used his authority to shut down our free speech because of his personal opinions."
Duke called the white nationalists' opponents "scum" and went on to accuse the Virginia police of treating them unfairly.