The President Asks The Proud Boys, A Violent Hate Group To, “Stand By”

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The President Asks The Proud Boys, A Violent Hate Group To, “Stand By”

America was appalled by the President Trump after Tuesday’s presidential debate where he belligerently refused to condemn white supremacists.

The president was asked by moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News whether he would “condemn white supremacists and militia groups” who have been cited by local officials around the country as contributing to violence at protests against police brutality and racial injustice.

Trump initially responded, “sure,” and “I’m willing to do that,” but then alleged that members of far-left groups were responsible for violent protests.

“What do you want me to call them?” Trump asked Wallace, before Biden offered up “the Proud Boys,” referring to the organization that has been characterized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.

“Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” Trump responded.

Democrats seized on the exchange.

“President Trump was asked to condemn white supremacy. He refused,” tweeted Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer “He told white supremacists to ‘stand back and stand by.’ President Trump is a national disgrace, and Americans will not stand for it.”

Senator Ed Markey took it a little further, tweeting: “Donald Trump won’t condemn white supremacists because he is one.”

“Donald Trump is a white supremacist,” added Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a Twitter post. “People have been warning about this for a long time. They were ridiculed, called hyperbolic & radical – not bc they were wrong, but bc others couldn’t accept that our country elected a supremacist as President. This is fascism at our door.”

A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.

The president has frequently faced criticism over his handling of racial issues, which exploded in August 2017 after a rally in Charlottesville, became a meeting point for white nationalist groups. The event devolved into violence, with one counter protester killed after a crowd of pedestrians was targeted in a vehicle attack.

After the event, the President drew widespread criticism for refusing to condemn the white nationalist groups, instead saying “very fine people, on both sides,” attended the rally.

 

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