'Call evil by its name': Republican senator prods Trump to denounce white supremacists

President Donald Trump was publicly called out after one person was murdered by a car driven into anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) is demanding his fellow Republican acknowledge the Charlottesville fatality as an act of terror.

Gardner is chairman of the campaign arm of senate Republicans.

By calling out racism, Gardner is representing a proud Republican tradition going back to Abraham Lincoln.

The Attorney General of Virginia demonstrated how easy it is to condemn the "Unite the Right" bigotry: