Did I say that he had not.
But that he did makes his self contradictory statements later seem all the more a self inflicted wound.
His claim that he had a bad era piece was poor at best as he did not say.. “pardon could you repeat that “ but instead saying “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 it”
Which is bad but not as bad as saying of white supremacists
“Just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke, okay? I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So I don’t know, did he endorse me or what’s going on,”
“Well, I have to look at the group. I mean, I don’t know what group you’re talking about. You wouldn’t want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about. I have to look. If you would send me a list of the groups I will do research on them and certainly I would disavow if I thought there was something wrong. But you may have groups in there that are totally fine and it would be very unfair. So give me a list of the groups and I’ll let you know”
The question was simple it did not ask about groups at random it was quite specific.
As for the thin grule that David Duke did not “endorce” DJT. Here is what he did say.
“When this show’s over, go out, call the Republican Party, but call Donald Trump’s headquarters, volunteer,” Duke said. “They’re screaming for volunteers. Go in there, you’re gonna meet people who are going to have the same kind of mindset that you have.”
That is like saying Japan did not declare War on Dec 7, they just bombed Pearl Harbor.
That dog won’t hunt. Watch.