Trump declines to condemn former KKK leader who backed him [View all]
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Source: The Guardian
Donald Trump on Sunday declined to condemn David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader who this week urged sympathisers to vote for the billionaire in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
“I don’t know anything about David Duke,” Trump said, in an interview on CNN, adding: “Certainly I would disavow it if I thought there was something wrong.”
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“I don’t know anything about David Duke. I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists,” Trump said.
“So I don’t know. I don’t know – did he endorse me, or what’s going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists.”
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/28/donald-trump-former-kkk-leader-david-duke
Ignorance, whether true or feigning, on this issue or any issue of importance
is simply not acceptable for any Presidential candidate. It is a true disqualifier
that should ring alarm bells in any voter's mind.
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