Alt-right white nationalist David Duke attacked both President Trump and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe after white nationalists turned violent at a Virginia rally Saturday.

KKK members and alt-right activists conglomerated and eventually rioted against counter-protesters and police at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA Saturday morning. The "Unite the Right" rally was to protest the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the city.

Gov. McAuliffe declared a state of emergency after violence broke out.

Former Louisiana congressman Duke attacked McAuliffe, saying the governor "used his authority to shut down our free speech because of his personal opinions."

It's clear by his statement that the Virginia governor used his authority to shut down our free speech because of his personal opinions. https://t.co/9tJ7FyTVdJ — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

Radical leftist groups like Antifa openly encourage their members to use violence, which is the essence of political terrorism. #cville https://t.co/J2W0uLOh5i — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

Duke called the white nationalists' opponents "scum" and went on to accuse the Virginia police of treating them unfairly.

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The violence is coming from Communists & anarchists, not from Nationalists. It's clear the Virginia governor supports these scum. #cville https://t.co/J2W0uLOh5i — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

The Virginia State Police pushed peaceful demonstrators who support the police, into the crowd of violent anarchists/communists, who don't. https://t.co/KqTjdqSo1q — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

The alt-right leader attacked President Trump's condemnation of the violence by the white nationalist protesters, claiming his group was nothing but peaceful.

Our people were peacefully assembling and attacked by the same radical leftists who invaded your meetings and attacked your supporters. https://t.co/Rkfs7O2Ykr — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

So, after decades of White Americans being targeted for discriminated & anti-White hatred, we come together as a people, and you attack us? https://t.co/Rkfs7O2Ykr — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

I would recommend you take a good look in the mirror & remember it was White Americans who put you in the presidency, not radical leftists. https://t.co/Rkfs7O2Ykr — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

White Americans are so afraid to speak out that we've allowed our country to be invaded and our children to be propagandized by marxists. https://t.co/Rkfs7O2Ykr — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

Duke's rant did not stop the president from condemning "in the strongest terms" the violence in Charlottesville later on Saturday at a press conference.

"When I watch Charlottesville to me it's very, very sad," the chief executive said. "We have to respect each other," he said. "Ideally we have to love each other."

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