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Mother of Charlottesville suspect: 'I just knew he was going to a rally ... something with Trump'
ABC News ^ | August 13, 2017 | David Caplan

Posted on 08/13/2017 1:18:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The mother of the man who allegedly plowed into a group of people protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in Virginia said she knew her son was attending a rally -- but she thought it was a rally for President Trump, not for white nationalists.

In an interview Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio, with The Associated Press, Samantha Bloom said of her son James Alex Fields Jr., "I just knew he was going to a rally. I mean, I try to stay out of his political views. You know, we don't, you know, I don't really get too involved, I moved him out to his own apartment, so we -- I'm watching his cat."

Bloom was informed by The AP reporter that the rally was indeed organized by white nationalists. "I thought it had something to do with Trump. Trump's not a white supremacist," she said.

"He had an African-American friend so ...," she said before her voice trailed off.

In an interview with The Toledo Blade, she said, "I told him to be careful. [And] if they’re going to rally to make sure he’s doing it peacefully.”

Bloom told The AP she didn't even know about the incident until she spoke with the AP reporter. She said she was indeed surprised with the deadly outcome. "Yeah, that he would run his car into a group of people for... I'm really not clear on..."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics
KEYWORDS: charlottesville; crime; jamesalexfields; jamesfields; ohio; protests; samanthabloom; trump; virginia; whites
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To: raybbr

THere’s a double standard where only white people can be racists.


41 posted on 08/13/2017 5:25:50 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: who knows what evil?

I am a nationalist who happens to be white.


42 posted on 08/13/2017 5:26:29 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: brucedickinson

And an article about Race, oh boy, just what the msm is hoping to find to use a big ole paint brush

>>>What about race? First it must be established that, when looking at the whole genome, pairs of people of the same race are almost always more genetically similar than pairs of people from different races (2). So would it follow that members of a specific race are more alike in personality and behavior? The answer is yes. In Race, Evolution, and Behavior, psychologist Phillippe Rushton documented significant racial differences brain size, intelligence, sexuality, personality, growth rate, life span, crime, and family stability (3). On all these measurements, Orientals (East Asians, Mongoloids) fall on one end of the spectrum, and Blacks on the other end of the spectrum. Whites fall somewhere in the middle, often close to Orientals. For example, the average IQ for Blacks in The United States is 85 (70 for African Blacks), while the average IQ of Whites is 100, and 106 for the average Oriental. The gap between American and African Blacks, environmental factors aside, is likely due to the fact that American Blacks are, on average, of mixed racial descent. Rather, they have obtained heritable intelligence genes from White racial mixing.<<<
https://bloodandsoil.org/2016/09/14/on-race/

No matter how much truth there may be to the article - THAT’S RACIST - Like I said, big paint brush to paint all conservatives, republicans and straight white males with.


43 posted on 08/13/2017 5:26:36 AM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: central_va

Thanks, sounds about right. I suspect it is also a method of making it sound like an organization which was created by Trump.

Nazi = Hitler

White Nationalist = Trump


44 posted on 08/13/2017 5:27:05 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Toespi

A “nationalist” can be any race or creed. A patriot puts his fellow Americanism first. It has nothing to do with race.


45 posted on 08/13/2017 5:29:13 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: sam_whiskey

Careful...what you don’t like us the “Nazi BS” and violence from these whackos. Me neither! But a little bit of “nationalist” feelings erupt in me when I see a Confederate statue being removed to appease “Black snowflakes.” I’m not going to march with my confederate flag, I’m just going to sit here and do a slow burn ... but how long before the quiet ones like me become fed up with this revision of history by the black snowflakes that cannot get over a period of slavery...THAT THEY HAVE NEVER KNOWN... and celebrate its removal by being able to learn from our rich and diverse” history? Those statues, park names and street names are all part of our history. History is TRUTH...changing history is a LIE.


46 posted on 08/13/2017 5:30:58 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: Toespi
Faux Snooze made me sick yesterday with their coverage of the "Battle of Chancellorsville". Their constant "white nationalists" meme was over the top. It was not a riot or a protest this was a pre planned battle between to opposing organized "armies".
47 posted on 08/13/2017 5:33:03 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: grumpa

How DARE you?


48 posted on 08/13/2017 5:35:33 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: iontheball
Apparently, another dysfunctional family. No dad in the picture. A kid 20 years old and living with mommy until she has to kick him out. He has a kitty, he doesn’t have time to care for. Yet, he is driving a relatively new car and could afford to travel to charlottesville.

If this article is accurate, his father was killed by a drunk driver a couple of months after he was born, his mother is a paraplegic, and some money (probably proceeds from the drunk driving wrongful death case) was left in a trust fund and disbursed to the kid when he turned 18.

49 posted on 08/13/2017 5:36:37 AM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: The best example in history of the dangers of affirmative action!)
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To: sam_whiskey

Are you truly equating being proud of being white and believing in the United States of America with the others? Seriously?

I believe all men are created equal. So do you (I think). How is being proud of the country you live in counter to that? How is being proud of who you are counter to that?

I have no intention of balkanizing the U.S. I just want to be able to be proud of who I am without the likes of you telling me I should cower at that thought. Why do you?


50 posted on 08/13/2017 5:40:13 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: who knows what evil?; grumpa
How DARE you?

They "dare" because they have been cowed into fealty to people who hate the U.S.

51 posted on 08/13/2017 5:43:24 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: iontheball

A car “ Fields” bought from some antitrumper dude, with Ohio tag tracing to the dudes father who lives in Michigan, which somehow was still being used on Fields’ car after it was sold “ years ago”


52 posted on 08/13/2017 5:43:26 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: piasa

The vibes of autism spectrum or some social personality disorder are strong with this one

A perfect patsy for the people who incited this


53 posted on 08/13/2017 5:45:29 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why did the AP publish this incomplete bs report .?

But, We know why.
The purpose was for the AP to link or smear Trump with this ridiculous rally.
The mother may not know much since her son is a adult and living elsewhere .

54 posted on 08/13/2017 5:45:46 AM PDT by ncalburt (ll)
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To: raybbr

Then ‘THEY’ need to leave the board. :-)


55 posted on 08/13/2017 5:45:52 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

I’m with you 100 percent. I don’t want those monuments removed or street names changed either, for the reasons you stated. I think it is WRONG to erase our history, regardless of whether that history is good, bad, or indifferent. My feelings on the matter have nothing to do with race, however. I stand up for ideas and principles. I don’t stand up for skin color, and it riles me when I see these cretins talk about “standing up for the white race”, playing right into the liberal media’s narrative about conservatives. They may claim to be conservatives, but they’re kindred spirits with those on the left who dedicate themselves to dividing this country based upon race, class, gender, etc.


56 posted on 08/13/2017 5:49:17 AM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength)
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To: Toespi

There is nothing wrong in being a nationalist. If fact, some of our best President were. However, be careful about the ‘white’ part. That comes from the LEFT. Remember, all you have to do is simply disagree with the left about ANYTHING and first thing they are going to call you is a racist. That is were ‘white nationalist’ is being coined. From the left especially from the enemedia.


57 posted on 08/13/2017 5:50:03 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: raybbr

See my post 56. I can’t explain it any better than I have there.


58 posted on 08/13/2017 5:51:50 AM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength)
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To: sam_whiskey

Sam...well-said and you helped clarify my position too. Thank you.


59 posted on 08/13/2017 5:52:40 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: sam_whiskey
You want to Balkanize this country just like your other counter parts on the left. Please, do us all a favor, and go back underneath your rock and stay there.

Signal that virtue. Right on.

60 posted on 08/13/2017 5:54:09 AM PDT by Stentor
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