Trump says Proud Boys should 'stand down' after backlash to debate comments

[babylonsister]

Uh huh.

Trump says Proud Boys should 'stand down' after backlash to debate comments
By Brett Samuels - 09/30/20 03:05 PM EDT


President Trump on Wednesday said he didn't know about the Proud Boys but that the group should "stand down" amid intense criticism of his remarks at the previous night's presidential debate that the far-right group should "stand back and stand by."

Trump on Wednesday faced blowback from a number of Republicans who said he should have forcefully denounced white supremacy when he was given the chance.

"I don't know who the Proud Boys are," Trump told reporters when departing for a campaign trip to Minnesota. "I can only say they have to stand down. Let law enforcement do their work."

Trump, however, again tried to equivocate on the matter, saying "the problem is on the left" while railing against antifa, a loosely affiliated collection of left-wing protesters.

Pressed on whether he would denounce white supremacists, including those who support him, Trump tried to shift the conversation to his support for law enforcement before claiming he has "always denounced any form of that."

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[Behind the Aegis]

1. Antifa is a clowder.

Proud boys are a pack of rabid dogs.

[beachbumbob]

2. Denies knowing what proud boys were, laughable

[gratuitous]

3. They already got Donald's message

Trump knows he can safely run his mouth today because his little goon squadders (that he doesn't know anything about) already have their marching orders.

[StarryNite]

4. This

[greenjar_01]

5. "Stand down" is what you say to an official military force - the Proud Boys are a violent gang

Nobody ever told the Crips to "stand down." Or MS-13. Or Antifa, for that matter. Notice that Trump doesn't say Antifa should "stand down." When Trump says they should "stand down," it's like giving an order to a paramilitary. Yes, Wallace introduced the language, and he's equally at fault for that, but what is this "stand down" shit for a violent pack of thugs like the Proud Boys. Fuck all that.

The whole language of "they should stand down" lends these Nazi shitbags a legitimacy they do not have.

[David__77]

6. He didn't say to stand down last night. He didn't say that he made a mistake by saying "stand by."

He was very clear in his intentions last night. There's no "apology" that's called for because such would only be bullshit. If he had a monumental shift in worldview and ethics - that's another matter.

[Fullduplexxx]

7. He speaks in code he alreay told them to stand by

[Solly Mack]

8. The man is a white supremacist. It's time for "journalists" to stop pretending he is anything else.

Constantly asking him to clarify a previous odious answer changes nothing at all.

[Grokenstein]

9. "Stand down"?

I'd prefer "Put down your weapons and come out with your hands above your heads."

But I guess we have to wait until they kill a bunch of people first, after which the rightwank punditry will sing the "no one could have forseen" song.

[world wide wally]

10. There was a picture going around, about two years ago, of Roger Stone hanging with

The Proud Boys. Some of them making the white power sign.
You are full of bullshit, Donnie. Now shut the fuck up.

[LuckyCharms]

11. But...but...they made new patches and everything!

[bluestarone]

12. i'd like him to clarify ONE more thing

STAND DOWN at All times even after he LOSES the election Nov. 3rd!!