Posted on 02/28/2016 10:34:00 AM PST by kristinn
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump disavowed white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke in a tweet Sunday.
"As I stated at the press conference on Friday regarding David Duke- I disavow."
Earlier Sunday morning, Trump avoided a question about whether he'd condemn Duke's racism.
The GOP front-runner said on CNN's "State of the Union" he didn't know anything about Duke and would need to research his connections before deciding whether he would condemn them.
"I have to look at the group. I don't know what group you're talking about," he said. "You wouldn't want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about."
I happen to agree with Trump-2000: Pat is a neo-Nazi. Don’t know what Trump-2016 thinks, if he thinks anything at all.
Trump is a profoundly undemocratic, bombastic strongman. Mussolini material for sure.
Agreed. This is a distraction.
I basically agree with you. It’s fascinating to watch the Trump people contort themselves to laud every single stupid thing he does.
Having said that, in this interview I think he was actually fine when they were asking about unspecified “white supremacist” groups. It was perfectly reasonable to say: “I don’t know who you’re talking about,” because who knows who the media might consider white supremacist.
The stupidity was when the interviewer mentioned the KKK and Trump wouldn’t answer. How hard is it to day “I disavow the KKK?”
Hank
Waiting for the media to denounce the Muslim Brotherhood and the New Black Panther Party who have called for the murder of white people
The only people that Obama has disavowed is “whitey”.
Whew!
Because it’s a never ending game!
Do you disavow Adolf Hitler? Do you disavow this group that group this person that person?
they NEVER ask these question of liberals.
Have they asked Bernie Socialist Sanders if he disavows Karl Marx? Lenin? Stalin? Castro?
No. Nor will they ever.
Trump should say, “I’ll let whoever vote for me vote for me. You guys go f*** yourselves!”
Of course it is.....as Ray Bradbury stated—all MSM is for addiction and distraction and to control the proper perceptions in the masses.
Eddie Bernays (Freud’s nephew), the Father of Public Relations, knew that simple truth in 1910, when he managed to get over 50% of women to smoke cigarettes when they knew better-—the power of the control of all information will control and shape desires and attitudes.
MSM is just White Noise to control the masses’ emotions—keep addicted so truth stays obscured.
De-plug. Read original sources/only trusted authorities which formed Western Civilization-—the Bible.
Get out in nature-—QUIET-—so you can “think” and process good information, and not be artificially controlled by outside sources 24/7.
CRUZ: Chris, every accusation you raised there is incorrect. I appreciate your reading the Donald Trump attack file on that.WALLACE: Come on, sir.
WALLACE: Wait a minute. Wait a minute, sir. You personally -- you personally apologized to Ben Carson on a debate stage.
CRUZ: Chris, please don't interrupt me.
WALLACE: You fired your communications director.
CRUZ: Chris, please don't interrupt me.
WALLACE: Don't say this is an oppo file on our part, sir.
CRUZ: Chris, please don't interrupt me. Our campaign from the beginning --
WALLACE: Well, I mean, please don't say -- please accuse me of something I didn't do.
CRUZ: Go ahead, Chris. Let me know whether I'm allowed to answer.
WALLACE: Well, don't accuse me of something I didn't do. Two of those things you apologized for one and fired your communications director. Don't say this is the oppo file.
CRUZ: Chris, our campaign from the beginning has been the highest level of integrity when others have engaged in personal attacks and insults. We don't respond in kind.
And, you know, what's striking, you just had Donald Trump on the air. You didn't ask about the fact that he sent out a fabricated quote from Tom Coburn impugning my integrity. Tom Coburn, Senator Coburn came out and said it was an utter fabrication and yet Donald continued repeating what he knew to be false.
You didn't ask Donald Trump about the robocalls that went out from a white supremacist group supporting Donald Trump telling people do not vote for a Cuban, vote for Donald Trump.
You know, when it comes to telling the truth and not telling the truth, you didn't ask Donald Trump about the fact that in the last debate I asked him true or false, you support socialized medicine, the government paying for your health care. He said false and it's directly contrary to what he said for 20 years on the record.
Listen, Chris, the facts matter. I understand that --
WALLACE: Senator --
CRUZ: -- there are folks that don't want to focus on the facts. But, listen, the voters care about the truth. They care about Donald Trump's record of giving --
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio weigh in ahead of Super Tuesday | Fox News
“Trump has not positively quoted a Fascist leader responsible for 14M deaths. Well except for Mussolini.”
About 200,000 people dies on both sides in the fighting in Italy. Including civilians. When you are accusing Trump of being not too bright, it would best for you not to say stupid things yourself.
A Trump quote on David Duke???
“We saw no evidence that he was a serious candidate at all,” Mr. Choate said. “All this was, was a serious hustle of the media, and I think the media should send him a massive bill on it.”
Mr. Trump apparently anticipated such speculation — which, in fact, is fairly common in political circles — and in his statement went out of his way to say that this was more than a frolic. “For those who suggest that this has just been a promotion, I want to strongly deny that,” he said.
He said that although his book and his businesses had probably benefited from the exposure his campaign generated, “I did not launch my exploratory campaign for that reason.”
Mr. Trump painted a fairly dark picture of the Reform Party in his statement, noting the role of Mr. Buchanan, along with the roles of David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and Lenora Fulani, the former standard-bearer of the New Alliance Party and an advocate of Marxist-Leninist politics.
“The Reform Party now includes a Klansman, Mr. Duke, a neo-Nazi, Mr. Buchanan, and a communist, Ms. Fulani,” he said in his statement. “This is not company I wish to keep.”
Mr. Trump reached his final decision after meeting with advisers at his estate in West Palm Beach before flying back to New York this evening. Although Mr. Ventura said he was forming his own new Independence Party, Mr. Trump said he would not seek its nomination for president.
Is that you Hillary?
That was probably a Democrat group building negative press.
Remember there was a pro Cruz group robo dialing against Rubio IN SPANISH in a white state?
Dirty tricks.
They did this in MS to the Tea Party candidate.
CHUCK TODD: And as you know, right now on Twitter, there is a trending retweet of yours, you retweeted somebody from Il Duce 2016, it was a Mussolini quote, but you didn't know it was Mussolini when you retweeted it, it said, "It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep." That's a famous Mussolini quote, you retweeted it. Do you like the quote? Did you know it was Mussolini?DONALD TRUMP: Sure, it's okay to know it's Mussolini. Look, Mussolini was Mussolini. It's okay to-- it's a very good quote, it's a very interesting quote, and I know it. I saw it. I saw what-- and I know who said it. But what difference does it make whether it's Mussolini or somebody else? It's certainly a very interesting quote. That's probably why I have--
CHUCK TODD: Well, Mussolini is a known fascist.
DONALD TRUMP: --between Facebook and Twitter, 14 million people when other people don't.
CHUCK TODD: Do you want to be associated--
DONALD TRUMP: It's a very interesting quote, and people can talk about it.
CHUCK TODD: Do you want to be associated with a fascist?
DONALD TRUMP: No, I want to be associated with interesting quotes. And people, you know, I have almost 14 million people between Instagram and Facebook and Twitter and all of that. And we do interesting things. And I sent it out. And certainly, hey, it got your attention, didn't it?
Well done yet again deflect then attack.
Notice who are attacking from the left that some have accused Trump of doing.
Exactly. Cruz & Rubio Trump smears are identical today. THIS is “principled conservationism”? Nonsense. Career politician and former Bush admin official Ted Cruz has been called home to the GOPe. I’m sorry for the good folks duped by this charlatan.
And his friend Soros was born Jewish, too.
I must've missed Hitler's endorsement. Who did he support?
Hank
Where has the man been living to not know who David Duke is?
You would think everyone knows Daisy Duke’s brother...
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