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“Impeach Trump” trends after US President responds to Charlottesville riots

President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump

Thousands of people are calling for the impeachment of US president Donald Trump following his response to a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Senior Democrats were among those to demand congress impeach the country’s leader following a press conference in which he blamed “both sides” for the scenes in the city.

The rally was organised by white nationalists in protest to the city’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate American Civil War general Robert E Lee.

White nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va.

A state of emergency was declared when the scenes between protesters and counter-protesters turned bloody, with 32-year-old Heather Heyer killed when a car was driven into a crowd.

A total of 34 people were injured during the events.

President Trump had initially condemned the violence and called for the country to “come together as one”.

However speaking yesterday at a press conference in Trump Tower he said there is “blame on both sides” and compared Robert E Lee to America’s founding fathers.

Representative for California’s 14th congressional district, Democrat Jackie Speier, said it is “time to invoke the 25th Amendment”.

The 25th amendment deals with matters regarding the succession of presidency, and gives the vice-president and the cabinet the power to remove a president who is considered unfit for office.

Elsewhere the “Impeach Trump” hashtag went viral, and has been one of the top trends on the social media site all day.

A chalk message calling for a park to be renamed after Heather Heyer is written in the street where she was killed and 19 others injured.

Meanwhile, former US president Barack Obama’s tweets following the riots have become the most liked in the history of Twitter.

He quoted Nelson Mandela in a series of messages following the events.