[Wash Examiner] Former CIA Director John Brennan slammed President Trump for his comments Tuesday about the violence in Charlottesville, Va., calling them "a national disgrace" and warning the president is putting the country's national security and "our collective futures at grave risk.""Mr. Trump's words, and the beliefs they reflect, are a national disgrace, and all Americans of conscience need to repudiate his ugly and dangerous comments," Brennan said in a note sent to CNN's Wolf Blitzer, which he read on air Wednesday. "If allowed to continue along this senseless path, Mr. Trump will do lasting harm to American society and to our standing in the world.
"By his words and his actions, Mr. Trump is putting our national security and our collective futures at grave risk," Brennan added.
Brennan, who was CIA director during the Obama administration, also called Trump's comments "despicable."