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Trump Still Hasn’t Called the Charlottesville Mayor

It's been days since violence swept through the city during a white supremacist rally and mayor Michael Singer still hasn't heard from president Trump.

President Donald Trump still hasn't called the mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, about the violence that swept through the city during a white supremacist rally over the weekend.

"He was supposed to call me on Saturday," mayor Michael Signer, a Democrat, told VICE News' Elle Reeve on Wednesday. "I heard word from an aide right when it was happening, and I didn't hear from him. They said, 'Do you want to talk to him?' And I said, 'I'd be happy to.'"

"And then a couple days ago I met with a Republican congressman here," Signer added. "And he said, 'Would you be up for him calling you?' And I said, 'Of course, of course, I'll talk to the president.' But I haven't heard yet." Continue reading on VICE News.