Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer is not pulling any punches. He directly places the blame for the blossoming racism and White Nationalism "at the doorstep of the White House":
Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer said he was disgusted that the white nationalists had come to his town and blamed Trump for inflaming racial prejudices.
"I'm not going to make any bones about it. I place the blame for a lot of what you're seeing in American today right at the doorstep of the White House and the people around the president," he said.
In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, he reiterated and defended his comments.
You can see the full interview with Mayor Signer here: