Quote:So Hillary supports the legacy of a President listed as the #2 most Racist African American in the United States ...just behind Al Sharpton.... and Duke comes up? Really?
Really?! 'Listed' by whom?
Quote:Duke said he doesn't outright endorse Trump, because he is opposed to Trump's policy on Israel and torture, but he plans to vote for him and encourages others to do so as well.
"It's good for him to be judicious," Duke said when asked about Trump's examination of the white supremacists supporting him. "He can certainly disagree with David Duke."
Duke said that Trump probably knows him based on media reports, “created by Jewish Zionists,” but might not know his political platform which was a precursor to that of Pat Buchanan and Trump himself, according to Duke.
“I think he knows who I am,” Duke said. “But he doesn’t know what I actually stand for today.”
Trump’s seeming unwillingness to reject the Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard on CNN has put those who have endorsed Trump too in an awkward position.
Robert Jeffress, the pastor of a Dallas megachurch who praised Trump at his post-debate rally on Friday, told The Daily Beast over email that he opposes the KKK. “I obviously condemn the KKK and all it stands for," he wrote. "However, since I haven't seen the interview in question I could not make any comment about it.”
The Daily Beast responded with a link to a short clip from Tapper's interview in which Trump refused to condemn the KKK."Thanks but I think I'll pass on this one!" Jeffress responded.
The chief of staff to Congressman Duncan Hunter, the one of two sitting members of Congress who has endorsed Trump, responded to the situation by saying that “it’s ridiculous to assign guilt through some faint association.”
"Trump said he knows nothing about David Duke and neither do lots of other people,” Hunter’s chief of staff wrote in an email. “If he said something that was wrong, to placate a moderator or pundit, it would have been news fodder to an even higher degree. The greatest Americans to the most repugnant are free to support who they want in a political race at any level. It's ridiculous to assign guilt through some faint association that a candidate never asks for or gives any care about. I think Trump's media-declared ignorance on the topic is good news for voters who care about imbalanced trade, border security or national security. At least we know where Trump is focusing his attention."
Others had sharper words for Trump.
Republican Congressman Pete King told The Daily Beast in a statement, "Donald Trump's refusal to denounce and disavow support from KKK supporter David Duke and white supremacist organizations is indefensible and disgraceful. Trump told Jake Tapper he doesn't know who David Duke is or what white supremacist organizations stand for. If Trump's statement is true, then he is genuinely dumb. If he is lying, that is shameful. In either case, he should not be running to lead the United States.
“As a Catholic I am particularly disgusted because of the KKK's long history and record of vicious anti-Catholicism. And as someone who grew up in Queens, I can say that -unlike Trump- real tough guys aren't afraid to take on the KKK.”
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