Trump’s ‘Proud Boys, Stand Back, Stand by’ Comment at Debate Spurs Controversy
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From the Left
Trump’s refusal to condemn white supremacists launches an online furorIn a night marked by constant interruptions and blatant fact-fudging, it was a moment that sparked a separate online melee.
Moderator Chris Wallace gave President Donald Trump an uninterrupted opportunity to condemn the nation's biggest domestic terrorist groups: white supremacists. Instead, Trump said they should “stand back and stand by.” What's more, he said, the violence in cities like Kenosha and Portland is a “left-wing problem, not a right-wing problem.”
From the Center
Trump’s Answer on White Supremacists Reverberates After DebatePresident Trump and Joe Biden tried to shift back to their respective campaign themes after a raucous first debate that left prominent members of both parties responding to Mr. Trump’s deflections when asked to condemn white supremacists.
Mr. Biden, the former vice president, spoke Wednesday at a train station in Cleveland as he started a tour across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania and said the debate proved that Mr. Trump doesn’t understand the lives of working-class Americans. The president, meanwhile, slammed moderator Chris Wallace, a Fox News anchor, and said...
From the Right
Pelosi Says She ‘Lost a Lot of Sleep Last Night’ After Trump Did Not Condemn White SupremacistsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is knocking President Donald Trump after Tuesday night’s presidential debate in Ohio.
The House speaker, during an MSNBC interview on Wednesday, called the first presidential debate a “sad night for our country” and blasted Trump for not disassociating himself from white supremacist and militia groups, as she put it.
“I lost a lot of sleep last night over that one fact,” Pelosi said.
She continued to declare that Trump has “never respected the dignity of his office and he demonstrated that last night.”
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