Article snippet: Following bipartisan criticism of his response to the unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, the president publicly condemned white supremacists and other hate groups by name for the first time since violence broke out. “briefing on Saturday, calling for “the swift restoration of law,” he failed to mention the hate groups by name, instead condemning "violence on many sides." Susan Bro, Heyer's mother, thanked the president for his words of “comfort and for denouncing those who promote violence and hatred” after his address on Monday. A significant number of lawmakers criticized Trump's delay in condemning those groups. "It shouldn’t take the President of the United States two days to summon the basic decency to condemn murder and violence by Nazis and white supremacists," House Minority Leader statement. “If the President is sincere about rejecting white supremacists, he should remove all doubt by firing Steve Bannon and the other alt-right white supremacist sympathizers in the White House,” Pelosi added. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., kept his response short, tweeting, “Well done Mr. President,” following Trump’s comments on Monday. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said he didn't understand why it was, as a reporter asked, "so hard" for Trump to come out strongly against hate groups. "I don’t know that, I don’t understand it. That’s something the White House would have to answer that question and I’m not in a position to answer that question," he told ABC... Link to the full article to read more