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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Oh, I see. Thank goodness the White House didn't say something like, for instance, "The police acted stupidly."
Mr. niteowl77
Ted Cruz said the same exact thing
Sen. Robert Byrd (D)
STFU
Fixed it.
One is surprised that this is such a “controversy” why? It is throw everything at Trump and hoe something sticks. The GOP and Democrats are afraid of the people. The people finally have someone to rally behind who will lead in retaking the government. That person is Trump. A vote for anyone else at this point is a vote for the status quo. No matter how much I may like Cruz he cannot lead the war.
Coming from a regime that is financing BLM. That is rich.
I heard David Duke did NOT endorse Trump.
‘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.’
Yet with all that, he’s never suggested that Marco Amnesty GOPe Rubio would make an acceptable president.
Can you say planned and manufactured distraction....I knew you could.
Can you post something positive to bolster your candidate....I know you can’t.
D E S P E R A T I O N
And shame on him for that.
They think they have found a way to kill Trump’s massive rally phenomenon. Send in these Black Lives Matters protesters into every rally and cause hell. When people find out they are paid collaborators with such organizations as the Revolutionary Communist Party (revcom.us), you know that is an arm of the Democrat Party. Suppose MSNBC should ask Hillary if she supports the Revolutionary Communist Party when they provide signs for these BLM anarchists.
Did Barry Soetoro ever condemn Bobby “Kleagle” Byrd?
You mean like Al Gore Sr. blocking the Civil Rights Act in the late 1950's
Shhhh, facts and history mean nothing to libtwit hypocrites.
“Trump should have said: “Well, I certainly don’t agree with the KKK.”
It would be edited down to; “Trump should have said: “Well, I agree with the KKK. “
Duke said he did not endorse him, but facts are nothing it seems to some here. All these people are doing is the left wing media’s job and now the white house.
Let me know when they denounce racist Black Lives Matter.
Doesn’t matter. The lie is out there and will be ridden hard until November.
>>the kind of support that he’s recruiting to his campaign<<
Yes, I think there’s a big Trump Tuesday Sale at Home Depot for those TRUMP licensed ready to burn Cross Kits.
One 12’ 4x4, one 4’ 4x4, a Shovel, Charcoal Lighter Fluid and a Box of Matches.
Get them while they’re Hot.
Trump is briliant. Cabana boy Rubio should be talking about how Trump is not a “conservative solutions” candidates.
Instead the average GOP voter, sees Trump being called a Klansman because he wont check his privilege with the Black Lives Matter or the Open borders republican Hispanic consultants.
The voters don’t believe Trump defended Duke.
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