On Saturday, August 12, 2017, Marissa Blair’s close friend was murdered and her fiancee’ was almost murdered at the Charlottesville, Va. racist rally. Marissa is now speaking out in defiance of what was done to her beloved friend and co-worker, Heather Hayes, and her fiancee, Marcus Martin. *Scroll down to watch interview*

During a CNN interview Monday morning, Marissa boldly spoke at the vigil site where suspect, James Alex Fields, reportedly rammed his vehicle into the crowd of counter protesters who were protesting the hundreds of Ku Klux Klan members, Neo-Nazi’s, skin heads, and other White supremacists, who were holding a rally in Charlottesville.

Marissa’s voice cracked a throughout her interview, but she remained strong to send a very potent message to Donald Trump.

In her statements, Marissa spoke on her fiancee,’ Marcus, whose face we now know because a photo of his body flying in the air after being struck by the Dodge Challenger at the rally has been widely circulated. Marcus saved Marissa’s life, by pushing her out of the way of the car as it was speeding toward them. Marissa told CNN:

“Who thinks to push someone out of the way when a car is coming? […] A split second to think and he thought to push me out of the way. I’m forever grateful. He’s my hero. He and Heather are both my heroes.”

Marissa became even more emotional and angry when speaking on the death of her friend, Heather, and Donald Trump:

“Heather would not want his condolences. She would never back down from what she believed in. … That’s what she died doing, fighting for what she believed in. [..]I will never find another friend like Heather. […] So many people are doing vigils for Heather and they didn’t even know her.”

“We didn’t want neo Nazis and alt-right and racists to come into our city and think they could spread their hate, bigotry and racism. […] “We were peacefully protesting and we were just standing up for what we believe in. (Trump) needs to call out the hate in this country. […] “He needs to be worried about the United States and not his followers and not the power and publicity and not his golf trips. He needs to worry about my friend that died and the people that were injured.”

Marissa and Martin attended the vigil for their friend, Heather on Monday. Martin was in a wheel chair, with his leg in a cast and they wore purple shirts with a photo of Heather and her last Facebook post printed on them: “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

Marcus was very overwhelmed with emotion at the vigil, but he managed to tell Fox News this:

“What happened here is 100% wrong, It’s a hate crime and Donald Trump won’t call it that because it’s what he believes in.”

Watch Friend’s Emotional Interview

A few hours later, Trump finally held a press conference to call the neo-Nazi’s, Ku Klux, Klan, and other racist groups at the Charlottesville rally, the same thing he was quick to call Black Lives Matter protesters in 2016, “thugs”:

Trump’s Monday statement: “Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,” said Trump two days after Charlottesville tragedy.

Of course that name calling came after millions of people gave him HELL over his watered down response to the tragedies hours after it happened:

“We condemn in the strongest most possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides,” Trump said.

Despite Trump’s half a$$ reaction to such an horrific crime, we want to send our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Heather Heyer, who lost her life due to pure hatred. We also send uplifting energy and well wishes to the 19 other victims at this saddened time.

ILOSM family, we’ll leave you with this Old School classic, because sadly, 40+ years later, marvin Gaye’s song is still very relevant to today’s times…