That's exactly what Trump said, according to the Snopes article you pointed to.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump ... ne-people/
In a news conference after the rally protesting the planned removal of a Confederate statue, Trump did say there were "very fine people on both sides," referring to the protesters and the counterprotesters. He said in the same statement he wasn't talking about neo-Nazis and white nationalists, who he said should be "condemned totally."
I don't think there were a lot of moderate Republican voters in that crowd. Or plain Mennonites. So I don't know what lie you are talking about here.For the record, virtually every source that covered the Unite the Right debacle concluded that it was conceived of, led by and attended by white supremacists, and that therefore Trump's characterization was wrong.
I agree that we ought to read quotes in context. Here's the quote:Grace wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:43 amWhen she talks about the "bloodbath" comments Trump made about the auto industry going to China, taking his words out of context, and claiming he was talking about if he loses the election, it is to shed light on the upcoming election and that there might be violence.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024 ... ath-and-b/
Then Trump went on to make the following astonishing claim about Joe Biden, which seems to go with the bloodbath quote:"But if you look at the United Auto Workers, what they've done to their people is horrible. They want to do this all-electric nonsense where the cars don't go far. They cost too much. And they’re all made in China. And the head of the United Auto Workers never probably shook hands with a Republican before they're destroying — you know, Mexico has taken, over a period of 30 years, 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in our country, think of it, went to Mexico.
"China now is building a couple of massive plants, where they're going to build the cars in Mexico and … they think that they're going to sell those cars into the United States with no tax at the border. Let me tell you something to China. If you're listening, President Xi, and you and I are friends, but he understands the way I deal, those big, monster car manufacturing plants that you're building in Mexico right now, and you think you're going to get that, you're going to not hire Americans, and you're going to sell the cars to us, no. We're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those cars.
"If I get elected. Now, if I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath for the whole, that's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. That'll be the least of it. But they're not gonna sell those cars."
The rally began by honoring the mob from January 6th:We're the only ones, and they know this, that could stop them. We’re the only ones, there's nobody else around. If this election, if this election isn’t won, I'm not sure that you'll ever have another election in this country. Does that make sense? I don't think you're going to have another election in this country if we don't win this election. I don't think you're going to have another election or certainly not an election that's meaningful.
To me, at least, the bloodbath statement, taken in context, does seem to say there will be a bloodbath if he is not elected, and the rest of the speech underlines that.Before Trump spoke at the Ohio rally, an announcer said, "Please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6 hostages." The crowd then heard a recording of the "The Star Spangled Banner" performed by the J6 Prison Choir, men jailed for their actions during the Capitol riot.
Trump saluted and then said at the rally, "Thank you very much, and you see the spirit from the hostages and that's what they are as hostages. They've been treated terribly and very unfairly and you know that and everybody knows that. And we're going to be working on that soon. The first day we get into office we are going to save our country and we are going to work with the people to treat those unbelievable patriots, and they were unbelievable patriots and are."