Virginia GOP Chair: Trump’s Statement Today What We Would Have Wanted to Hear on Saturday

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Wolf,” Republican Party of Virginia Chairman John Whitbeck said that President Trump’s statement earlier that day is what he would have wanted to hear on Saturday and that it has been good to hear leaders like the president speak out on behalf of Virginia.

Whitbeck said, “I think what we saw today in his statement today was really what we would have heard — would have wanted to have heard on Saturday. And I think — you know, at one point during Saturday, I remember watching this unfold in this beautiful city and thinking, ‘This is not Virginia. This is not who we are. This is not Charlottesville.’ And to have the president come forward and have a lot of our leaders come forward on — and speak on behalf of Virginia, and how much they care about what’s going on in our commonwealth has been really great for us.”

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