5 Reactions to Donald Trump's 'Both Sides' Comments on Charlottesville Violence

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Darrell Scott

Pastor Darrell Scott speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday July 20, 2016.
Pastor Darrell Scott speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday July 20, 2016. | (Photo: Screenshot via ABC News)

Pastor Darrell Scott, president of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, agreed with the president on there being violent intentions from far-left groups at the Charlottesville protests.

Pastor Scott told MSNBC's Katy Tur on Tuesday that he believed many people were giving the counter-protesters "a pass" when it came to some of their own having violent intentions.

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"They came with the intent to incite violence," Scott said. "They were walking down the street with pepper spray and they were walking down the street with homemade flamethrowers."

"Let's not act like they did not know with the intent to shut that protest down by whatever means necessary."

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