Joe Biden on Friday doubled down on his criticism of President Trump for saying there were “very fine people on both sides” in the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi riot in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Asked on ABC’s “The View” what he meant by saying “we’re in a battle for the soul of this nation” in a video announcing his presidential run, Biden pointed to Trump’s handling of the clash between white nationalists and anti-fascist counter-protesters, which left one woman dead and dozens injured.

“The idea to compare these racists and not condemn them, neo-Nazis, I don’t ever remember that happening in an administration in well over 100 years,” he said.

Earlier Friday, Trump addressed the issue again himself, insisting he wasn’t calling neo-Nazis “fine people.”

Instead, he said, they were people “who went because they felt very strongly about the statue of Robert E. Lee,” which the nationalists wanted to be preserved, while others wanted it removed.

“Whether you like it or not, he was one of the great generals. I’ve spoken to many generals here, right at the White House, and many people thought of the generals,” he said about the Confederate military man, who fought to preserve slavery in the South. “They think he was maybe their favorite general.”

In August 2017, the president attacked the counter-protesters before making the “very fine people” comment.

“What about the alt-left that came charging at, as you say, at the alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt? What about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs?” the president said during a combative news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower.

“I watched that very closely, much more closely than you people watched it. You had a group on one side that was bad. You had a group on the other side that was also very violent. Nobody wants to say that. I’ll say it right now,” the president said.

“You look at both sides. I think there is blame on both sides. I have no doubt about it,” Trump said. “You also had some very fine people on both sides.”

The protests included white nationalists and neo-Nazis — some flying Nazi flags and others carrying torches and assault weapons and chanting ”Jews will not replace us!” — who opposed the statue’s removal.

“You had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists. The press has treated them absolutely unfairly. You had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest. Not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me,” he said.