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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn pushed back against 聽that “there is blame on both sides” for weekend violence in Virginia, saying any statements that in any way embolden white supremacists are wrong.

“The KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists and nationalists are abhorrent,” the El Paso County Republican said. “Statements that provide even indirect comfort to these merchants of evil are unacceptable and wrong.”

Trump backtracked condemning those hate groups. He angrily placed blame on liberal groups on Tuesday in addition to white supremacists for the Charlottesville, Va., violence. Some of those protesting the rally to save a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee were 鈥渁lso very violent,鈥� he said.

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The comments drew near-instant blowback from both sides of the aisle. That included every member of Colorado’s congressional delegation.

“Our President actually said this today, what’s next?” U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, said on Twitter. “Calling the Civil War the War of Northern Aggression?”

Democrats U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, also blasted the president, with DeGette saying she was “shocked and disgusted.” U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter said Americans must continue to fight for their values.

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican, continued pushing back on Trump — — for not blaming hate groups for the Virginia violence. He that Trump was “wrong to do that” when he reversed his stance on Tuesday.

“White supremacy and those who embrace it are a disgrace to our nation,” Congressman Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, said in a statement. “There can be no equivocation, no comparison.”

U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, said: Neo-nazis are abhorrent & only try to drive America apart. We must stand up to racism, antisemitism & hateful rhetoric wherever we see it.” Congressman Ken Buck, also a member of the GOP, also called white supremacists “are ignorant and hateful.”

White supremacists are ignorant and hateful. All Americans must unite against racial intolerance and bigoted ideology.

— Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.