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GOP strategist Ana Navarro said on Monday that Trump blew his opportunity to unite the country after the deadly attack in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend, saying that she believes he is “unfit to be human” for not explicitly condemning white supremacists immediately after the attack. “He’s not only unfit to be president,” she said on CNN. “In my book, his lack of leadership, his lack of empathy, his lack of courage — he’s unfit to be human.” A vocal Republican critic of the president, Navarro said that Trump has made her “cringe” many times, but the president's delayed denunciation of white supremacist groups had made her more "ashamed" than ever.

GOP strategist Navarro: Trump is ‘unfit to be a human’ | TheHill

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) on Sunday ramped up his pressure on President Trump to call white supremacists out by name, saying they should not be a part of any political base.  "White nationalists, white supremacists, they're not a part of anybody's base. They're not a part of this country. They're a part of hatred, they're a part of evil, and we need to stand up to that," Gardner told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" during a discussion of violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.

Republican senator: White nationalists can't be part of GOP base | TheHill

Donald Trump finally issued a direct condemnation of racism on Monday after criticism of his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one woman dead. On a brief visit to Washington, the president used an address from the White House to say: “Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.” The explicit remarks came after a storm of criticism – some from prominent figures in his own party – over his decision not to directly condemn the white supremacy groups that targeted Charlottesville, Virginia, at the weekend. But Trump stopped short of describing Saturday’s violence as an act of terrorism, as attorney general Jeff Sessions has done.

Trump finally condemns Charlottesville racism, days after violence | US news | The Guardian

So Trump was finally coerced into denouncing the Nazi's (really..) by just about everybody, even in his own party, but then this..

President Trump’s former ethics chief on Monday blasted him for considering pardoning controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying such an action would tell white supremacists he's on their side and undercut his claim to be against racism. Walter Shaub, who resigned as director of the United States Office of Government Ethics after clashes with Trump, hit Trump for saying he may pardon the sheriff who violated a federal order to stop racially profiling Latinos in his Arizona county.

Ex-ethics chief: Trump talk of pardoning Arpaio shows racists that he’s on their side | TheHill