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Trump Allies Defend Him After White Supremacist Debate Remarks
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...The White House and some GOP allies defended President Donald Trump's failure to explicitly condemn White supremacy at Tuesday's debate, while the only Black Republican senator called on the president to "correct" his comments.
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina said he thought Trump "misspoke" in response to debate moderator Chris Wallace asking whether the president was willing to condemn White supremacists and militia groups. Scott said the president should clarify what he meant.
"I think he misspoke," Scott told reporters Wednesday at the Capitol. "I think he should correct it. If he doesn't correct it I guess he didn't misspeak."
White House aides and Trump allies mounted a defense of the president's remarks, in which he didn't denounce White supremacists and instead said the violent, far-right group Proud Boys should "stand back and stand by." He then pivoted to blaming the far-left anti-fascist movement known as antifa for violence, even though his nominee for Homeland Security secretary has said White supremacists are "most persistent and lethal threat" to the U.S. from within the country....
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That was my thought as well.