Trump was right for saying there was blame on both sides.  To say otherwise is a denial of reality.  As despicable as neo-Nazi and white supremacy groups are, the group that rallied in Charlottesville had a permit from the city to do so.  They went there to exercise their free speech rights under the Constitution.   The counter-protesters who gathered in Charlottesville did not have a permit but went anyway and brought with them baseball bats, clubs and improvised flame throwers for one reason only and that was to engage in fights with the protesters.  They also were a despicable lot consisting of many racists and black separatists.  We will never know who threw the first punch to start the battle that erupted, but it is wrong to blame the white supremacist only as our congressional delegation is doing because they were the more despicable of the two groups.