November 23, 20169 yr Donald Trump flatly disavowed the white supremacist wing of the 'alt-right' movement on Tuesday, telling a room full of New York Times journalists and executives that 'I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn.' 'It's not a group I want to energize,' Trump said of about 200 white supremacists who held a meeting in Washington over the weekend under the banner of the alt-right. A new round of questions about Trump's purported relationship with the alt-right emerged after video and photos surfaced showing event participants praising him and also using Nazi terms and salutes. National Policy Institute director Richard Spencer, the white nationalist who organized the meeting, reportedly told his followers: 'Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory.' Trump's transition team had already released a statement on the president-elect's behalf distancing himself from Spencer's group. 'President-elect Trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind and he elected because he will be a leader for every American,' spokesman Bryan Lanza said. Read more: Trump denounces 'alt-right' movement's racist wing and defends top adviser | Daily Mail Online Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook I am surprised since many were calling for him to do this exact thing, that none of you have already posted this. Of course I know already that for many of you even though you asked that he denounce them, now that he has it still won't be enough :lol2:
November 23, 20169 yr Well, in another thread, we are told not to trust anything MSM reports, it's all lies. . We really don't know what to read or watch or listen to. :lol2: Good for him if he's serious.
November 23, 20169 yr Author Well, in another thread, we are told not to trust anything MSM reports, it's all lies. . We really don't know what to read or watch or listen to. :lol2: Good for him if he's serious. This was the Daily Mail, not MSM...CNN also mentioned it today and pretty much everyone else.
November 23, 20169 yr Author NOW he doesn't want to energize them? This isn't the first time he's said something similar...this was from last March Donald Trump denounces David Duke, KKK - CNNPolitics.com
November 23, 20169 yr This was the Daily Mail, not MSM...CNN also mentioned it today and pretty much everyone else. Wait...CNN isn't MSM? Oy vey! I need someone to tell me who I can believe!
November 23, 20169 yr Author Wait...CNN isn't MSM? Oy vey! I need someone to tell me who I can believe! Just keep on believing them all, just like you always have...unless they say something you disagree with
November 23, 20169 yr It took him long enough. I guess staring down the barrel of the New York Times executive staff and reporters today had him a little shook. Good for him. Like @TheDeuce said in a roundabout way, he doesn't need them anymore so it is easier to disavow them now. Serious questions. Did anyone think he would defend them once he was asked about them? What if he had defended them? Then what? In other news, Breitbart wrote their first bad article about Trump today. They are mad he broke his promise to prosecute Hillary.
November 23, 20169 yr Author It took him long enough. I guess staring down the barrel of the New York Times executive staff and reporters today had him a little shook. Good for him. Like @TheDeuce said in a roundabout way, he doesn't need them anymore so it is easier to disavow them now. Serious questions. Did anyone think he would defend them once he was asked about them? What if he had defended them? Then what? In other news, Breitbart wrote their first bad article about Trump today. They are mad he broke his promise to prosecute Hillary. He has denounced Duke, KKK and white pride groups over and over...does he just need to come out every morning and do it.
November 23, 20169 yr He has denounced Duke, KKK and white pride groups over and over...does he just need to come out every morning and do it. Today is a good start for him. We'll just have to agree to disagree on what he has denounced and disavowed. He has denounced it when convenient and he has embraced their support when convenient.
November 23, 20169 yr I hope he'll lose their support through his policies and actions, but this was a step in the right direction.
November 23, 20169 yr Seriously curious--Where did the term "alt-right" come from? Seems to be the latest talking/rallying point of the left stream media??
November 23, 20169 yr Today is a good start for him. We'll just have to agree to disagree on what he has denounced and disavowed. He has denounced it when convenient and he has embraced their support when convenient. I seriously don't recall ever hearing him "embrace" any white supremacist" organizations? Like ALL politicians, they denounce the extremes of their ideology when called out, and let them go when not confronted about them--Obama and all the others did the same; with the exception their every move wasn't stalked by the media looking for every kook who was trying to climb on their bandwagon, like they did in their efforts to discredit Trump?
November 23, 20169 yr Author Today is a good start for him. We'll just have to agree to disagree on what he has denounced and disavowed. He has denounced it when convenient and he has embraced their support when convenient. Denounced all way back in the spring some tried to make the same assumptions...I think "Embrace" is a large overstatement. Never saw him embrace KKK or White power groups.
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