Ann Coulter applauds Trump on Charlottesville: ‘We got our leader back!’

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter praised President Trump’s comments at a press conference on Tuesday, saying “we got our leader back” after Trump said there was “blame on both sides” for violence in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.

Coulter tweeted a video of Trump’s remarks at the Trump Tower press conference held on Tuesday, comparing Trump to the biblical military leader, judge and prophet Gideon.

“We were Gideon’s army without Gideon. Today, we got our leader back! @realDonaldTrump press conference,” Coulter tweeted.

She shared another clip as well, captioning it, “includes fun part at the end where [Trump] brags about his winery in Charlottesville.”

We were Gideon’s army without Gideon. Today, we got our leader back! @realDonaldTrump press conference: https://t.co/NiR2kwJkjT

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 15, 2017

Better video! Includes fun part at the end where @realDonaldTrump brags about his winery in Charlottesville – https://t.co/AAEzI5ym9h

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 15, 2017

During his Tuesday press briefing, Trump appeared to defend white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville.

“George Washington was a slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So, will George Washington now lose his status?” Trump said Tuesday. “Are we going to take down … statues to George Washington?”

Trump made the remark in a heated news conference, in which he defended himself against bipartisan criticism that he was too slow and equivocal in condemning white supremacist groups for inciting violence during the Charlottesville protests. 

In that press conference, the president sparred with reporters and criticized the “alt-left” for being “very, very violent” in confronting white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.