After violence erupted over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., writers from across the political spectrum were overwhelmingly united in their condemnation of the white supremacy and racism underlying the “Unite the Right” protest.

Pundits on the right who have been consistently critical of President Trump saw his equivocating response to the events — blaming “many sides” for the violence — as yet another sign of his inadequacy as the Republican leader. Others on the right condemned white supremacist ideology, but were eager to point to the violence of Antifa, the anti-fascist group that comprised many of the counterprotesters.

On the left, writers sought to connect the policies of the Republican Party to the violence of the weekend. While some on the left were heartened by the Republican denunciations of the so-called alt-right movement, others argued that conservative leaders deserved no credit until they acted more substantively to battle racism in their ranks.

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What follows is a collection of partisan writing from the right, left and center in response to the events out of Charlottesville.