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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is the first Republican leader to comment on President Donald Trump's remarks Tuesday, declaring in a tweet that "white supremacy is repulsive." Trump declared that "there is blame on both sides" for the violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ryan tweets: "White supremacy is repulsive. This bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. There can be no moral ambiguity."
NEW YORK (AP) — The fight over a Confederate monument in Charlottesville, Virginia, which erupted in violence over the weekend, has thrown a spotlight on the Republican Party's struggle with race in the age of Donald Trump. The president has gone back to assigning partial blame on those protesting the white supremacists. But other GOP officials insist the party must be more welcoming to minority voters.
UNDATED (AP) — Cities and states are accelerating their plans to remove Confederate monuments from public property. The violence over a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, moved leaders across the country to wipe away much of the remaining Old South imagery. Only two statues were taken down immediately, in Gainesville, Florida, and in Durham, North Carolina. But the anti-Confederate momentum seemed to ensure that other memorials would come down soon.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Sen. Luther Strange and former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore are headed to a Republican primary runoff to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The two men, who represent different factions within the Alabama Republican Party, will face off in a Sept. 26 runoff.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah business consultant Tanner Ainge (aynj) is conceding in a three-way race GOP primary race to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Jason Chaffetz. Early results Tuesday night showed Provo Mayor John Curtis leading the race, former state lawmaker Chris Herrod in second and Ainge in third. Ainge said he called Curtis to concede and congratulate him.
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