Anderson Cooper Shreds Trump And Twitter Is All For It

CNN host Anderson Cooper took down Donald Trump on Tuesday during his show "Anderson Cooper 360" as he rebuked the president for his immensely criticized remarks blaming "both sides" for the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. Cooper said Trump "revealed so clearly who and what he really is" and "seemed to go out of his way to whitewash the nature of what was, after all, an explicitly white power rally."

Following the telecast, Twitter users expressed their support for Cooper and his remarks, asking everyone to watch the show if they can.

Cooper began his program with a lengthy monologue saying: "We normally start off the broadcast saying ‘good evening,’ but tonight there doesn’t seem to be much that is good about this evening, because a few hours ago the President of the United States revealed so clearly who and what he really is. Today the President of the United States ripped open wounds that have barely begun healing in Charlottesville on a subject, race, that has tormented this country from the very beginning and nearly torn it apart more than once."

Speaking firmly, Cooper also said Trump revealed “whether he can ever be a president for all people or just for white ones, a president for people of all beliefs or just the alt-right. Today President Trump showed the world exactly how little he knows or cares about U.S. history. He showed the world about how much a mother’s loss matters to him when weighed against whether or not she praised him. He showed the world how far he’ll go to avoid admitting he’s ever made a mistake.”

Twitter users supported Cooper's remarks and posted on the networking site congratulating him for taking down the president.

Cooper's criticism came after Trump defended his initial remarks about the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville that left one counter-protestor dead, which was severely criticized by lawmakers, celebrities and other people on social media.

During a press conference Tuesday, Trump said: "You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. Nobody wants to say that. But I’ll say it right now. You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent," CBS News reported.

Cooper also criticized Trump for downplaying the violent actions of hate groups, during his monologue on the show.

"'Both sides had some bad apples' is what the president is saying. 'Both sides were violent.' But today the president seemed to go out of his way to whitewash the nature of what was, after all, an explicitly white power rally," Cooper said.

Trump told reporters at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Tuesday that "There are two sides to a story. I thought what took place was a horrible moment for the country, but there are two sides to a story."

"What about the alt-left that came charging at the alt-right -- do they have any semblance of guilt?" Trump said while equating white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members with the so-called alt-left. "They came charging, clubs in hand, swinging clubs."

He also claimed that it was unfair to suggest that all the torch-wielding protestors at the rally were neo-Nazis or white supremacists. "I think there is blame on both sides. And I have no doubt about it, and you don’t have any doubt about it either," Trump told the media. "And if you reported it accurately, you would say it," NBC News reported.

Violence at the rally on Saturday left one person dead and 19 others wounded after a car rammed into a crowd of people who were taking part in the rally.