{"id":80979,"date":"2017-08-13T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T14:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80979"},"modified":"2017-08-13T10:25:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T14:25:20","slug":"tim-kaines-republican-challenger-corey-stewart-condemns-violence-in-charlottesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80979","title":{"rendered":"Tim Kaine\u2019s Republican Challenger Corey Stewart Condemns Violence in Charlottesville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52498\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/21d8rgh-640x393.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52498\" class=\"wp-image-52498 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/21d8rgh-640x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Associated Press<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by ADELLE NAZARIAN<br \/>\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Corey Stewart, a Republican who is challenging Tim Kaine (D-VA) for his Senate seat, condemned the violence which resulted in the murder of three people at the \u201cUnite the Right\u201d white nationalist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/live\/live-wire-charlottesville-protest-turns-violent-as-state-of-emergency-declared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstration<\/a>,\u00a0as well as \u201ccounterprotesters\u201d including\u00a0<a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2017\/08\/12\/protesters-draw-blood-toss-urine-virginia-white-supremacist-rally\/561939001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antifa<\/a>,\u00a0on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.<\/h3>\n<p>So far three people have died, including two Virginia state troopers who perished in a helicopter crash and one of over 15 people\u00a0injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd of protesters at Saturday\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate the suspect,\u00a0<a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/everipedia.org\/wiki\/james-alex-fields-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Alex Fields<\/a>, 20, is being held without bail for second-degree murder among other charges in the Charlottesville hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My reporting tonight: car in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Charlottesville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Charlottesville<\/a> crash registered to 20yo James Fields of Ohio; man w\/ same name, age, town booked for murder<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jack Gillum (@jackgillum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackgillum\/status\/896524438828711937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no need for violence in a constitutional republic,\u201d Stewart told Breitbart News. He reiterated this message a short time after the interview during an address he gave about\u00a0Saturday\u2019s events\u00a0in Charlottesville over Facebook Live.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad adinbody Hmobi\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to play their game,\u201d Stewart said of the left, several members of the Democratic Party, and establishment Republicans, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The left has been violently attacking conservative politicians and conservatives. And the left-wing mainstream media has been essentially condoning it. Democratic and other left-leaning politicians very rarely ever condemn violence that is perpetrated by the left. There\u2019s a double standard and some hypocrisy here by the media, by the left and even by a lot of establishment Republicans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>We have the violent left which recently attacked a U.S. Congressman [Steve Scalise], which has been attacking Trump supporters across the country, and I never hear Democratic politicians condemning them. I\u2019m not going to play their game. I am not going to condemn anyone other than the criminal. We\u00a0always have to protect citizens who are trying to exercise their First Amendment rights. From my perspective, there were a lot of left-wing agitators who violently attacked citizens who were trying to espouse their views last night and today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the House Majority Whip, was in intensive care with a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/06\/14\/live-updates-rep-steve-scalise-shot-virginia-baseball-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">life-threatening<\/a>\u00a0bullet wound through his hip after James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois\u00a0opened fire on members of congress during a baseball practice in June.<\/p>\n<p>Of Tim Kaine, Stewart said, \u201cI find it reprehensible that he stated he was proud of his son, who is a violent, left-wing agitator who was arrested in Minneapolis,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cAnd there is a great example of Tim Kaine and other Democrats being complete hypocrites as they condemn right-wing violence but are silent, and are even proud, of the violence that is perpetrated by left-wingers like Tim Kaine\u2019s son who is a member of antifa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kaine\u00a0issued a statement about the \u201chorrifying white supremacist demonstrations and violence in Charlottesville:\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My full statement on the horrifying white supremacist demonstrations and violence in Charlottesville: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IFXmqFLv4i\">pic.twitter.com\/IFXmqFLv4i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Kaine (@timkaine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine\/status\/896493107029712897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kaine\u2019s son,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/05\/27\/tim-kaines-son-faces-criminal-charges-after-joining-masked-violent-anti-trump-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linwood Michael Kaine<\/a>, 24, faced criminal charges for allegedly joining in an anti-Trump riot to attack supporters of President Donald Trump in Minneapolis this past March.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCoreyStewartVA%2Fvideos%2F1893024764047688%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During his Facebook Live address, Stewart said, \u201cThe unhinged left, if you\u2019ve noticed, They have never condemned their own violence,\u201d adding, \u201cnot a single word from Tim Kaine, not a single word from the Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0went on to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But that also emphasizes the need to protect our constitutional right, especially our right to free expression. And I think that one of the reasons why this rally was held in the firts place is because people didn\u2019t feel that their constitutional rights and freedom of expression are being protected, because the left has been suppressing viewpoints that it doesn\u2019t agree with in this country. And that\u2019s how it should be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Steward also noted, \u201cWe need an honest and fair press\u201d of news reports coming out of CNN and MSNBC. \u201cWe are not seeing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Stewart stated his belief that the left-wing media will use Saturday \u201cas an excuse to further crack down on conservative speech. They will not only do it in the universities, where they have created safe spaces.\u201d He said the left is trying to turn the entire nation into a safe space, adding, \u201cGov. McCauliffe will try to make all of Virginia a safe place. All of those efforts will fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In closing, Stewart said, \u201cWhen I am the United States Senator from the commonwealth of Virginia I will always work to defend everyone\u2019s free speech regardless of which end of the political spectrum it comes from; that must be our goal. That is the number one job of every single elected official here in the United States. to protect the lives and rights of our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/08\/12\/exclusive-tim-kaines-republican-challenger-corey-stewart-condemns-violence-in-charlottesville\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}