JOE BIDEN: “Say it. Do it. Say it.”
DONALD TRUMP: [pause, thinking] “What do you want to call them? Give me a name. Give me a name. Go ahead and who do you want me to condemn?”
CHRIS WALLACE: “White supremacists and right-wing militias”
JOE BIDEN: “Proud Boys”
DONALD TRUMP: “Proud Boys… Stand back and stand by. But I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem. This is a left-wing problem.”
Via C-SPAN, September 29, 2020.
Notice how Trump calls this a “problem.” Trump makes clear he is being asked to “condemn” someone. “Who do you want me to condemn?” Trump asks. Trump says, “I want to see peace.”
Thus, the oft-repeated allegation is knowingly false. There is no indication that Trump was ever thinking about the Proud Boys. When Joe Biden suggested that Donald Trump should condemn the Proud Boys and tell them to stand down, Donald Trump agreed… but only after Joe Biden chose the target.
In the video, Trump visibly hesitates before asking “What do you want to call them? Give me a name. …” indicating that he doesn’t know specifically who Chris Wallace is talking about.
The following day, Trump explained to the news media:
Chris Wallace is such a freakin’ POS rat bastard, this infuriated me so much when he did this while the guy who supported SEGREGATION, who praised KKK recruiter Robery Byrd, Joe Biden, was left alone. “Well do it sir” Go F yourself Wallace!!!!
The FIB’s “January 6” fiasco. Just more RAT eyewash to distract the “81 million” ignorant and retarded voters in this country.
Trump doesn’t think well on his feet and as a result was one of our lest articulate presidents. Everyone knows what he meant about extremists - he is opposed to them. It just didn’t come out that way.
Would be nice if Trump could,Sue for Malicious Prosecution and malicious harassment and xtip,this nonsense once and for all legally
Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups…”
Wait, what? Is that like saying “Are you willing to condemn mayonnaise and all condiments?” How, exactly are they all one?
I think he probably meant “stand down” but got it wrong. He obviously didn’t want them attacking anyone..they weren’t going to attack anyway…and the words he says after this validate that interpretation.
The Dems are running on edited soundbites, so probably most people have never even heard the rest of it.
But it looks to me like these are going to be the words used as the pretext to change Trump.