Has Trump really never condemned White Nationalists?

in trump •  4 years ago 

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When debating, it's a factual (and tactical) mistake to claim that Donald Trump has never condemned white supremacy/white-nationalism... he has, several times. Here are some examples:

(In an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News): "Let me be clear again, I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud Boys. I don't know much about the Proud Boys, almost nothing, but I condemn that."

On the topic of Charlottesville (Emphasis within << >> is mine):

"You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. ... I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name. ... So you know what, it's fine. You're changing history. You're changing culture. And you had people — << and I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the White nationalists, because they should be condemned totally >> — but you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and White nationalists. Okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly."

Also on the topic of Charlottesville, he said: "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."

Donald Trump plays footsie with racists. There's a reason he's supported by the American Nazi Party. He dog-whistles racists by posting videos of a black man committing a crime and falsely trying to connect it to BLM. He blatantly calls out to white nationalists with "Stand back and stand by". He retweets videos of his supporters shouting "White power!". He tries to incite racial anxiety, telling "suburban housewives" that without him, "public housing projects" (i.e., black people) "will be coming to the suburbs". He disparages Hispanics (including Hispanic Americans), he calls for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US", he stereotypes Jews with "Is there anyone in this room who doesn’t negotiate deals? Probably more than any room I’ve ever spoken". And he, of course, demeans women at every turn.

There are plenty of genuine ways in which to demonstrate that the man is a pig, not worthy to dine in our homes or among our friends, or in the Whitehouse but we absolutely have to stop claiming that he has never condemned white nationalists, because it's not true.

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