It's been 13 hours and Trump still hasn't "clarified" what he meant by "stand by"

[Dr. Jack]

Republicans last night and this morning are saying that Trump must have misspoke when he refused to condemn white supremacy during the debate last night and when he said "stand by" to said groups that he wasn't encouraging them. They say Trump just needs to come out and "clairfy" what he meant. However, as I write this, it has been 13 hours since that all went down and Trump has not bothered to back peddle, "clairfy", or address any of that. If Trump really didn't mean to say that and we all got it wrong, he would have came out last night to say what he really meant. After 13 hours of silence from Trump, Republicans pleading with people to give Trump the benifit of the doubt have no leg to stand on. Fucking cowards.

[nature-lover]

1. If he doesn't personally call them off, this post election could be horrific.

Only he can stop what he just legitimized.

[AlbertJohnsmith]

2. 0. It's been 13 hours and Trump still hasn't "clarified" what he meant by "stand by"

I have no idea about these but I will try my best. Please tell me more about this part.

[roamer65]

3. He won't retract or clarify.

He meant to say it.

[Dr. Jack]

4. I don't expect him to either

The desperation by Republican, begging the American people to just hear Trump out, while Trump has no intention of addressing it is pathetic. They should 25th amendment him right now, not say "calm down, we will see what Trump meant by threatening to unleash Nazi violence if he isn't reelected". Fucking cowards. The whole party needs to wiped out and rebuilt into something that isn't afraid to stand up to the president ordering his Nazi army to "stand by".

[jmowreader]

5. There's no need for him to "clarify"

It means the same thing to a Proud Boy that “gentlemen, start your engines” does to a race car driver.

[JuJuYoshida]

6. you really think he'd "clarify"? really?

[grantcart]

7. And we are all talking about this instead of the detailed criminal activity that was documented

by the NYTimes

So Trump got exactly what he wanted.