President Donald Trump's remarks on Charlottesville received substantial negative attention. In his initial statement on the rally, Trump did not denounce the marchers explicitly, instead condemning "hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides". While Trump later stated that he condemned neo-Nazis,[31] his first statement and his subsequent defenses of it, in which he also referred to "very fine people on both sides", were seen by critics as implying moral equivalence between the white supremacist marchers and those who protested against them, and were interpreted by many as a sign that he was sympathetic to white supremacy.[8] The rally and surrounding clashes triggered a backlash against white supremacist groups in the U.S.A. A number of groups that participated in the rally had events canceled by universities and their financial and social media accounts closed by major companies.[32] Some Twitter users led a campaign to identify and publicly shame marchers at the rally from photographs; at least one rally attendee was dismissed from his job as a result of the campaign.[33]