United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday sidestepped a question on white supremacists and refused to outright condemn them during the first of three presidential debates with his opponent in the upcoming election, Democrat and former Vice President Joe Biden.
The host, Fox News’ Chris Wallace, asked Trump if he would condemn white supremacists and ask them to stand down since he has repeatedly attacked Biden for “not specifically calling out antifa and other extremist groups”.
“Sure, I’m willing to do that,” Trump responded. When both Wallace and Biden urged him to do it, he instead claimed: “But I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing.”
He then added: “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. But I’ll tell you what, somebody has to do something about antifa and the Left.” Proud Boys is a far-right,…
