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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:23 AM
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U.S. Senator Bob Corker Calls Charlottesville Attacks "Repugnant"
U.S. Senator Bob Corker made several stops in East Tennessee on Wednesday, attending a breakfast at the Sevier County Chamber of Commerce and a luncheon at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce.

During his visit to Sevier County, Senator Corker called last weekend's attack in Charlottesville "repugnant" and said "there's no place in our country for that."

Senator Corker commented on the aftermath of the protests in Charlottesville, saying "I'm very saddened about what has happened and saddened that we have divisions like this that end up being so deep and in this case turned out to be violent."

He also commented on the controversy over a bust of Confederate general and KKK founder Nathan Bedford Forrest at the Tennessee State Capitol. Senator Corker said if he could vote on the matter, he "would vote to move that bust to a museum and replace it with another symbol that doesn't offend people's sensibilities."