"If I'm reading things correctly, the Lee statue was sold off and not slated for destruction by the city"
good, that wasn't the case in N. Carolina.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/14/protesters-in-north-carolina-topple-confederate-statue-following-charlottesville-violence/?utm_term=.ef43f4ec5c22
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"What does that have to do with our difference in interpretation to Trump trying to prevent "all" or "any" blame for the violence on the alt-right?"
I think we were debating two different points here.
If you watch the video, he says things like "both sides are to blame" and "The alt-left had bad people too" etc. (He very clearly says too, which means also) Both of those statements imply the alt-right has blame/fault. I have yet to see anything where Trump claims all of the blame falls on the left. The closest was when he mentioned that the alt-right had permits.
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That certainly isn't MY position, I think those that willfully engaged in violence should be charged.