Earlier this week, Mitt Romney wrote online that the white supremacists and counter-protesters were “not the same” and came from “morally different universes.” | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Romney: Trump needs to apologize and blame racists for Charlottesville violence

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took to Facebook Friday morning to again criticize how President Donald Trump handled the Charlottesville, Virginia attacks this past weekend.

“Whether he intended to or not, what he communicated caused racists to rejoice, minorities to weep and the vast heart of America to mourn,” Romney wrote. “His apologists strain to explain that he didn’t mean what we heard. But what we heard is now the reality, and unless it is addressed by the president as such, with unprecedented candor and strength, there may commence an unraveling of our national fabric.”


He also urged Trump to “take remedial action in the extreme” after outlining that the potential consequences of his rhetoric are also “severe in the extreme.” This includes, Romney said, admitting that he was wrong and reviling racists for what happened in Charlottesville.

“Testify that there is no conceivable comparison or moral equivalency between the Nazis — who brutally murdered millions of Jews and who hundreds of thousands of Americans gave their lives to defeat — and the counter-protestors who were outraged to see fools parading the Nazi flag, Nazi armband and Nazi salute,” Romney wrote. “And once and for all, he [Trump] must definitively repudiate the support of David Duke and his ilk and call for every American to banish racists and haters from any and every association.”

Romney listed people of multiple minority identities and said that they, too, are “as much a part of America as whites and Protestants” and that Trump’s actions thus far leave Americans wondering what will happen next. He said this is not only a domestic matter but also one that could impact America's standing with enemies and allies.

“This is a defining moment for President Trump,” Romney said to close his post. “But much more than that, it is a moment that will define America in the hearts of our children. They are watching, our soldiers are watching, the world is watching. Mr. President, act now for the good of the country.”

Earlier this week, Romney wrote online that the white supremacists and counterprotesters were “not the same” and came from “morally different universes.”