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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: piasa

Losers get booted at 3 month. Total non-hacker Most likey psych or nonconformity.

Bet you a dime he is on anti-depressants.


61 posted on 08/13/2017 5:56:13 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: iowamark

I don’t know about that. He was registered republican. Probably a RINO. We are infested with them especially in congress.


62 posted on 08/13/2017 5:57:38 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: sam_whiskey

The country IS Balkanized.


63 posted on 08/13/2017 6:03:17 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Toespi

What is a white nationalist

It’s a convenient way for the media of inferring that any pro-American white male, to the right of b.obama, is a racist hater.


64 posted on 08/13/2017 6:05:11 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: Stentor

Not hardly. I don’t give a damn what other people think about what I say, if I believe it, I’m going to say it.


65 posted on 08/13/2017 6:05:56 AM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength)
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To: Getready

Tell me that this mom wasn’t prepped with a script of exactly what to say.

She was ready, with her memo.


66 posted on 08/13/2017 6:06:52 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Toespi
What is a white nationalist in the first place? I have never heard of it until now.

You...You are a white nationalist if you love the U.S., voted for Trump and you are white...

67 posted on 08/13/2017 6:24:11 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“If you don't smell a rat your nose is clogged up.”

I knew it last night when everyone was going completely nuts. I thought ‘ just give it a day or two and it's going to come out’.

68 posted on 08/13/2017 6:44:03 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: iowamark

“Pretending that she didn’t know her son was a Nazi.”

Why does everyone have to be a NAZI? He probably couldn’t even describe what a NAZI is.


69 posted on 08/13/2017 6:46:05 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: central_va

Excellent analysis. Nailed it!


70 posted on 08/13/2017 6:56:12 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: sam_whiskey
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.

Thank you. Well said.

71 posted on 08/13/2017 7:05:11 AM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: dljordan
This organization he belonged to is self described fascist. Here are couple of their posters.


72 posted on 08/13/2017 7:05:28 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Krosan

They’re saying he is Jewish himself. It will all be explained in a few days.


73 posted on 08/13/2017 7:07:03 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: central_va; Maine Mariner; flaglady47; pax_et_bonum; Seattle Conservative; Freedom56v2; ...
"Faux Snooze made me sick yesterday...."

Fox News was even more sickening during the evening with their parade of empty-headed, cookie-cutter news babes denigrating "white" nationalists and slyly getting in snarky digs at President Trump at every opportunity.

With some exceptions such as Hannity, Judge Jeanine, Dobbs, Fox is henceforth a network non grata with me.

Leni

74 posted on 08/13/2017 7:27:39 AM PDT by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!......USA !!! USA !!! USA !!!)
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To: MinuteGal

Lots of Fox News talking heads are part of the DC Swamp.
If one is against multi-culturism, against cheap imported labor, for border tax, against foreign nation building, then the swamp considers one a non-grata.

With all that, other cable news is far worse.


75 posted on 08/13/2017 7:40:44 AM PDT by entropy12 (Why Republicans woo & pursue people who will never vote for them (liberals & media) ?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Teach your children well.

The lives of this family are pretty much destroyed. Of course a life has ended and others horribly maimed because of this failed young man.


76 posted on 08/13/2017 7:43:38 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
She's told that her child just ran his car into a crowd of people and then she continues to have a calm conversation with strangers about cats and politics?
77 posted on 08/13/2017 7:44:19 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: iowamark

Are you leaping to a conclusion or did you follow a trail of evidence to reach that conclusion?


78 posted on 08/13/2017 7:47:48 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: napscoordinator

Registered Republican. Would like to see if he actually VOTED republican. When did he register


79 posted on 08/13/2017 8:11:11 AM PDT by Josa
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To: mazda77

“...Dodge Challenger with a beat in nose...”

Has anybody said why the airbag didn’t go off? My understanding is that when he airbag goes off in a modern car the fuel supply is cutoff and the car just sits there. That obviously didn’t happen.


80 posted on 08/13/2017 8:14:18 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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