The very fine people remark is a well-known lie told about the President. According to the left, the President referred to crypto-fascists and White nationalists at the Charlottesville rally as very fine people. This is not what was said but the President did slip up in not choosing his words carefully, he said that people on both sides had some very fine people. By both sides, he was referring to both sides of the debate on keeping confederate statues up, not crypto-fascists and communists.