After Charlottesville, Democrats Debate How Broadly To Respond
The question facing the party is whether to keep criticizing President Trump or to focus on narrower goals like taking down Confederate monuments.
by Scott Detrow
Aug 27, 2017
3 minutes
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Democrats have spent the past two weeks condemning President Trump over his initial equivocating response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Va.
The question is, what to do next: keep up broad critiques of Trump's leadership, or focus on narrower goals, like the removal of public monuments honoring Confederate leaders?
More than 100 House Democrats are co-sponsoring a resolution censuring Trump, condemning his response to the events. New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, who is leading the effort, said
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