Snopes.com’s ruling that former President Trump never praised neo-Nazis as “very fine people” in a Charlottesville press conference before the Biden-Trump debate has caused controversy online.
The fact-checker cited Trump’s specific differentiation between “very fine people” and neo-Nazis, prompting a “False” rating.
“While Trump did say that there were ‘very fine people on both sides,’ he also specifically noted that he was not talking about neo-Nazis and white supremacists and said they should be ‘condemned totally.’ Therefore, we have rated this claim ‘False,'” Snopes’ Taija Perry Cook wrote.
Trump’s past statements on Confederate statues and the media’s portrayal of them has been scrutinized by numerous Republicans, with many critiquing the bias of fact-checking.
The fact-check has drawn attention to the partisan nature of fact-checking and its influence on public perception and political discourse.
