US President Donald Trump speaks during the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Sep 29, 2020
President Donald Trump was asked point-blank during Tuesday night's presidential debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden if he would denounce armed white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys and ask them to "stand down" in order to quell violent confrontations at racial justice rallies in U.S. cities, but instead of making a clear and straightforward condemnation, the president said such groups should "stand back and stand by"--a clearly different signal.
Watch:
\u201cTrump's response to a question asking him to condemn white supremacist groups was to ask the Proud Boys to "stand by"\u201d— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1601432141
"Not even hiding the racism," said the Arabs for Bernie account on Twitter in response.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) put the exchange--including the ominous and revealing choice of words by the president--in stark terms:
\u201cDonald Trump is a white supremacist.\n\nPeople have been warning about this for a long time.\n\nThey were ridiculed, called hyperbolic & radical - not bc they were wrong, but bc others couldn\u2019t accept that our country elected a supremacist as President.\n\nThis is fascism at our door.\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1601434621
"Trump fans the flames of racism, embraces white supremacy, and employs state violence against Americans exercising their rights," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). "That's Donald Trump's America."
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President Donald Trump was asked point-blank during Tuesday night's presidential debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden if he would denounce armed white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys and ask them to "stand down" in order to quell violent confrontations at racial justice rallies in U.S. cities, but instead of making a clear and straightforward condemnation, the president said such groups should "stand back and stand by"--a clearly different signal.
Watch:
\u201cTrump's response to a question asking him to condemn white supremacist groups was to ask the Proud Boys to "stand by"\u201d— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1601432141
"Not even hiding the racism," said the Arabs for Bernie account on Twitter in response.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) put the exchange--including the ominous and revealing choice of words by the president--in stark terms:
\u201cDonald Trump is a white supremacist.\n\nPeople have been warning about this for a long time.\n\nThey were ridiculed, called hyperbolic & radical - not bc they were wrong, but bc others couldn\u2019t accept that our country elected a supremacist as President.\n\nThis is fascism at our door.\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1601434621
"Trump fans the flames of racism, embraces white supremacy, and employs state violence against Americans exercising their rights," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). "That's Donald Trump's America."
President Donald Trump was asked point-blank during Tuesday night's presidential debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden if he would denounce armed white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys and ask them to "stand down" in order to quell violent confrontations at racial justice rallies in U.S. cities, but instead of making a clear and straightforward condemnation, the president said such groups should "stand back and stand by"--a clearly different signal.
Watch:
\u201cTrump's response to a question asking him to condemn white supremacist groups was to ask the Proud Boys to "stand by"\u201d— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1601432141
"Not even hiding the racism," said the Arabs for Bernie account on Twitter in response.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) put the exchange--including the ominous and revealing choice of words by the president--in stark terms:
\u201cDonald Trump is a white supremacist.\n\nPeople have been warning about this for a long time.\n\nThey were ridiculed, called hyperbolic & radical - not bc they were wrong, but bc others couldn\u2019t accept that our country elected a supremacist as President.\n\nThis is fascism at our door.\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1601434621
"Trump fans the flames of racism, embraces white supremacy, and employs state violence against Americans exercising their rights," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). "That's Donald Trump's America."
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