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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Oops, forgot the Box of Framing Nails and a Hammer.
What Mr. Trump should say is he is distancing himself, and doesn’t want the vote, of all racists in the USA. Then start naming names.
Jeramiah Wright, Spike Lee, Eric Holder, Sheila Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Obama attacks Trump, Trump rises in the polls.
Phony outrage by Mittens and others is not a winning campaign strategy this time-— nobody is falling for it...
WHO GIVE A FLYING FCK..... REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone trying to make something out of this is a PURE HYPOCRITE with ulterior motives!
Why did they ask Trump again on the weekend?
Did CPUSA endorse Obama?
Did Obama repudiate that endorsement?
Yeah, the idiot WORSHIPED with racist WRIGHT and says he didn’t know or remember what he preached.
Trump has been a public figure for decades. Now that he’s about to become the republican nominee, he’s all of a sudden a racist?
There is nothing in Trump’s past to indicate that he’s a racist. These clowns (demos and GOPe are grabbing for anything).
CBS NEWS August 27, 2015, 12:02 PM
Donald Trump: “I don’t need” David Duke’s endorsement
CBS NEWS August 27, 2015, 12:02 PM
Donald Trump: “I don’t need” David Duke’s endorsement
(The voters don’t believe Trump defended Duke.)
Would the black Trump voters see through this farce?? I fear a Mississippi Part 2.
I'll bet there's actually a strategy being played here, part of which could be this response by team Obama.
Doesn't this open the door to talk about the blatant racists and terrorists that Obama buddied up with?
That Love Story that is teddy & marco blooms. Brokeback Sleazeballs.
There aren’t enough voting in a 5 way GOP primary.
The Democrats don’t want to share their KKK
“They think they have found a way to kill Trump’s massive rally phenomenon. “If the BLM types start punching people and its all on camera, that gives people more evidence of why Trump is needed. Love seeing the left lose its sanity, that proves he is the right guy.
No such thing as bad publicity my boy!
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