The mother of Heather Heyer, the woman killed while protesting Saturdayâs white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., said she wonât talk to U.S. President Donald Trump âafter what he said about my child.âShe had been so busy after her daughterâs death that she hadnât watched TV news until Thursday night, Susan Bro told ABC on Friday.âI saw an actual clip of him at a press conference equating the protesters âlike Miss Heyerâ with the KKK and the white supremacists,â Bro said. âYou canât wash this one away by shaking my hand and saying, âIâm sorry.â Iâm not forgiving for that.âAsked if she had something to say to Trump, Bro said, âThink before you speak.âRead the latest news on U.S. President Donald TrumpThe White House said Thursday that it was âworking on identifying a time thatâs convenient for the family to speak with the president.ââWe appreciate the unifying words that Heather Heyerâs mother spoke yesterday (Wednesday)â at her daughterâs memorial service, spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said.âThey tried to kill my child to shut her up, but guess what, you just magnified her,â Bro said at the service on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. âIâd rather have my child, but by golly if I got to give her up, weâre going to make it count.âThe first call on Trumpâs behalf looked like it came during the funeral, Bro said on ABC.Read more: Man hit in Charlottesville rally attack pushed fiancĂŠe out of the wayTrump often has vivid words for victims. Not for the woman killed in Charlottesville: AnalysisMother of Charlottesville attack victim speaks out: âIâm going to make her death worth somethingâHeyer, 32, was killed when a man whom police have identified as James Alex Fields, Jr., 20 drove his car into a ...
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