Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) called President Trump the “enabler-in-chief” for waiting days to condemn the white supremacists and neo-Nazis who took part in the deadly protest in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.

“I think he’s the enabler-in-chief, which makes him partly responsible,” Pascrell said in a press conference Monday afternoon.

Pascrell's comments come just before Trump on Monday called out white supremacist groups by name and declared that "racism is evil."

"We’re all responsible, but his responsibility is with a capital R because he’s in a position to bring people together and he’s chosen not to,” Pascrell said.

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Trump condemned the groups by name two days after being criticized for making a statement in which he blamed "many sides."

“Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to what we hold dear as Americans,” Trump Monday afternoon.