Posted on 02/29/2016 1:49:22 PM PST by reaganaut1
The White House today criticized Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump after he initially failed to clearly distance himself from controversial support by a former leader of the Knight s of the Ku Klux Klan.
Over the weekend, Trump declined to disavow the support of former grand wizard David Duke, insisting he needed "to look at the group" first, despite being reminded of the former Louisiana lawmaker’s long association with the KKK.
"Honestly, I don't know David Duke, I don't believe I've ever met him, I'm pretty sure I didn't meet him, and I just don't know anything about him," Trump told CNN Sunday morning, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House today.
“Look, it'll be up to Mr. Trump to decide how he wants to run his campaign, what he wants to say in terms of the kind of support that he's recruiting to his campaign,” White House Press secretary Josh Earnest told ABC News during today’s daily press briefing.
“It'll be up to Republican voters across the country to decide whether or not they're comfortable with those tactics.”
"Mr. Trump says that there's more he needs to learn about Mr. Duke before he can render an opinion, but I think we've, we now know all we need to know about Mr. Trump to render our own personal opinion about his candidacy."
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Bozo Obama is an idiot.
jimmy crack corn and all that jazz
And the little Chihuahuas go arf arf arf, just like Hillary.
Answer;@DonaldJTrumpJr Thanks for having Guts to publicly reject KKK & White Supremacist Support! Now what about @realDonaldTrump Rejecting Them??— san (@sanosbo1) February 28, 2016
My pleasure. I've heard my father say the same thing 10 times in 48 hours. Media keeps wanting a different answer. https://t.co/dNsuqveQys— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 28, 2016
In other news “Klansmen for Klinton” endorsed Hillary Clinton.
No response from the MSM.
Josh Earnest = another Soetoro mouth breather I’d like to kick the shiite out of.
All these articles being posted about this when Trump gave his answer and where was the media over black lives matter, Sharpton, Sen Byrd who worked with Clinton, black panthers?
Oh no where. This is such a bogus story pushed by the left and for some reason is on here about 30 times a day.
FUBO.
Ok Josh E, or Barry O
What about Robert Byrd who served as a Dem in the senate a known KKK leader....
What about that history within your own party.
I always say he’s mercurial. He doesn’t really know what he believes. He was a liberal for about 65 years. Now, that he’s 70, and getting a bit senile, it’s really hard for him to keep all of these nuances straight.
Regarding the KKK, Trump should have said: “Well, I certainly don’t agree with the KKK. I, like many right-minded Americans, have always condemned the KKK. But at least it shows that my campaign is appealing to Democrats as well as Republicans.”
Obama’s weak rejection of the endorsement of the Nation of Islam:
“I have been very clear in my denunciation” of Farrakhan’s history of anti-Semitic remarks, Obama said at the Democratic debate in Cleveland, “I did not solicit his support.” Obama said he “can not censor” individual endorsements but said there is no affiliation with his campaign and Farrakhan. “I can’t say to somebody that he can’t say that he thinks I’m a good guy.”
...he is erratic.
Merely pandering to the Robert Byrd Democrats.
HOly cow Trump is enduring a piling on full blown hissy fit by virtually all enemies of conservatism...including Rubio and Cruz who claim to be conservatives but are teamed up with the most hard leaning leftists.
WHat about black lives matter, or how about the party of segregation , racism, slavery , who could that be?
Oh yessss it’s the Dem party
As I stated at the press conference on Friday regarding David Duke- I disavow. pic.twitter.com/OIXFKPUlz2— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2016
Paging Rev. Jeremiah Wright.. Ya know, 0dunga’s personal savior and POS RACIST mentor!
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