Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacy at the first presidential debate, and instead said that Antifa and ‘the left’ are the problem.
He made the swerve after Fox News moderator Chris Wallace asked a straightforward question to the president.
‘Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups?’ Wallace said.
‘I’m willing to do anything,’ Trump said. ‘I want peace.’
Biden then urged the president, ‘Do it. Say it.
‘What do you want me to say?’ Trump said, ‘What do you want to call them? Give me a name.’
‘White supremacists,’ the moderator Chris Wallace quickly said.
Trump responded, ‘Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,’ in reference to extreme right-wing group with Nazi ties.
‘I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing,’ Trump said. He went on to insist that antifa – a left wing group blamed for anti-police riots across US cities – was a terrorist organization. Joe Biden refuted that, and insisted antifa is just a loose, disorganzed collective of violent protesters.
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