President Donald Trump outright refused to denounce white supremacy groups and appeared to use a dog whistle with his followers by telling the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.”
During the first presidential debate for the 2020 election, moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump asked whether he would be willing to condemn white supremacist and neo-nazi groups (such as the “Proud Boys”) once and for all, and the POTUS danced around that question like a contestant on Dancing With the Stars.
“I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not the right wing,” Trump responded. “I’m willing to do anything. I want to see peace.”
When Wallace pressed further, Trump said: “What do you want me to call them? Give me a name. Give me a name?”
Then he blurted out: “Proud Boys … Stand back, stand by! But I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem… This is a left wing problem.”
Trump once said there were good people “on both sides” following a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that resulted in the death of a counter-protester. President Donald Trump Refuses to Denounce White Supremacy, Tells Proud Boys to “Stand Back & Stand By” is a post from: Gossip On This - Pop Culture, News & VideosChris Wallace: "Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down…"
Trump: "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by! But I'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left." pic.twitter.com/4vrPocKzcu — Axios (@axios) September 30, 2020