National security advisor H.R. McMaster on Sunday said the car attack at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. was terrorism.
“I certainly think any time that you commit an attack against people to incite fear, it is terrorism. It meets the definition of terrorism,” McMaster told ABC’s “This Week.”
McMaster’s comments come one day after a vehicle mowed down a group of counter-protesters at the white supremacist rally, leaving one person dead and multiple others injured.
James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Ohio was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the car attack, and federal officials have opened a civil rights investigation.
McMaster on Sunday called for the United States to “extinguish in our nation” the “hatred and bigotry” on display in Virginia.
“We have to do that by asking ourselves what are we teaching our children around the dinner table. What are we teaching our children in school?” he asked.
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McMaster breaks with Trump on attack at white supremacist rally: "Of course it's terrorism" https://t.co/fJFRQ8sbJI pic.twitter.com/fA97oC5gQa
— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2017
McMaster on Charlottesville: "Any time that you commit an attack against people to incite fear, it is terrorism.” #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/k4yjZDSvAW
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 13, 2017
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