11:17 AM: McCarthy says Trump sufficiently denounced white supremacist groups during debate.
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Source: Washington Post
Well, I think the president has been very clear that hes against anybody committing violence in the streets, McCarthy said when asked about Trumps remarks. He pointed to the presidents recent pledge to designate the Ku Klux Klan and the loosely organized antifa movement as terrorist organizations.
I was concerned when I listened to Joe Biden try to claim that antifa was not a group, McCarthy continued. I dont know whats on the streets then. I dont know whats causing a lot of these problems.
Pressed further about Trumps comments specifically his stand back and stand by remark McCarthy doubled down on his defense of the president, saying Trump clearly denounced white supremacist groups in his initial response to moderator Chris Wallace.
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This is pathetic. The Proud Boys are celebrating. They heard Trump loud and clear.
-Laelth
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calguy
(5,222 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)I think we all knew that.
calimary
(80,693 posts)McCarthy has rocks in his ears - and in his head.
Id add and in his heart - if he had one. But hes a republi-CON. They tend to be deficient in that category.
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)Without enthusiastic support of white supremacist voters, the Republicans would be in a dead heat with the Libertarians for lowest spot on the totem pole.
LudwigPastorius
(8,943 posts)causing a lot of it."
Then maybe you should just shut the fuck up if you don't know what you're talking about.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)didn't hear that!
Lucky Luciano
(11,242 posts)...not at all denouncing them is sufficient.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
still_one
(91,945 posts)a racist, sexist, and bigoted cult
BumRushDaShow
(127,289 posts)ARE the GOP's last big voting bloc (and that includes many "evangelicals" (in quotes)). They had to turn over more rocks and look under more bridges to find whatever is left of the dregs that they can get to vote for them.
matt819
(10,749 posts)WTF?!
You don't get to "sufficiently denounce" white supremacists.
You don't get to tell a group designated as a domestic terror groups to stand back and stand by. (Russia, if you're listening. . . -- sound familiar?)
You denounce these groups firmly and tell them that they are considered domestic terrorists and that law enforcement will deal with them accordingly.
And if you don't do that, then you are tacitly - no, fuck that, explicitly - supporting and endorsing them and their actions. And the blood they shed is on your hands.
MacKasey
(974 posts)Talks out of both sides of his ass
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)"sufficiently denounce" the Proud Boys and their ilk, ask Joe Biden what he thinks of them.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)is walking it back right now. Now it's "stand down".
central scrutinizer
(11,617 posts)Nudge, nudge
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)He also said he didn't know anything about the Proud Boys. Yet he has a message for them last night.
Just like he didn't know who David Duke was. If you don't know that, you have no business being in politics. You know he's reaching when he falls back on being a political moron.
BlueNProud
(1,048 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,617 posts)Wallace thought he was lobbing a batting practice pitch at Trump. Expecting he would take advantage of it to appear reasonable. Instead Trump glared at Wallace like he had buzzed the tower. I thought he might charge the mound.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Hes not, so he doubled-down on stupid (as he is wont to do).
-Laelth
roamer65
(36,739 posts)First step toward it.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)time telling it to stand by and be ready for action?
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)he doesn't know who they are.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Otherwise have some semblance of honor
samsingh
(17,571 posts)applegrove
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