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Chris Rock is a pretty outspoken comic.
So when President, Donald Trump issued a defence of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, he took to Twitter to voice his opinion.
Naturally, it's been controversial.
Trump said on Tuesday:
I will tell you something. I watched those very closely, much more closely than you people watched it.
And you had, you had a group on one side that was bad. And you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that, but I'll say it right now.
You had a group – you had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit, and they were very, very violent.Â
Those people – all of those people, excuse me – I've condemned neo-Nazis. I've condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me.
Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch.
His statement was received poorly by Republicans and Democrats alike.
Chris Rock tweeted in response:
If 10 guys thinks it's ok to hang with 1 Nazi then they just became 11 Nazis. Alt right / white supremacist it's just nazis. Fuck Nazis.— Chris Rock (@Chris Rock) 1502837879
Some thought this was proposing guilt-by-association, others thought it was a strong point about making oneself complicit to a great evil:
@chrisrock I think @ChrisRock makes an important point, which also argues that the President is a Nazi. Which does suck. But it's truth.— Dan Scherlis (@Dan Scherlis) 1502842602
A lot of ink spilled the past few days, but this remains the best analysis of what happened in Charlottesville. https://t.co/lwNvyuwvmi— Christopher Ingraham (@Christopher Ingraham) 1502930475
@chrisrock Yes!! Decent people don't walk with Nazis.— RockDory (@RockDory) 1502839611
@chrisrock America needs to review the educational system. The fact alone that Trump was elected brings seriously… https://t.co/WI4qCkl7n0— George Uwaifo (@George Uwaifo) 1502838683
This pretty much explains why CEOs were leaving the manufacturing council. https://t.co/txDMDdz3mw— Christopher Moore (@Christopher Moore) 1502906915
Others did the old 'substitute words' game:
@aleikh_m @Scherlis @chrisrock Except all Muslims are not jihadists but the alt-right ARE all white supremacists. W… https://t.co/qzPIsTcyTl— On Sight! (@On Sight!) 1502848989
Donald Trump is the least popular President for decades.
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