Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump saw his racist comments of several months now come home to roost this week as former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke gave the Trumpster a full-throated endorsement.
When asked about the endorsement, however, Trump refused to condemn Duke or the KKK.
Via Talking Points Memo:
CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper asked Trump if he would “unequivocally condemn David Duke and say you don’t want his support.”
Trump dodged the question.
“I don’t know anything about David Duke,” he said. “I don’t know what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacist. I don’t know. I don’t know, did he endorse me, or what’s going on? Because, you know, I know nothing about David Duke. I know nothing about white supremacists. And so you’re asking me a question that I’m supposed to be talking about people that I know nothing about.”
Tapper pushed back. Trump suggested Tapper send him a list of “the groups” and he could research them. At which point, Trump said he would “disavow if I thought there was something wrong.”
“The Ku Klux Klan?” Tapper asked.
“It would be very unfair,” Trump continued talking over Tapper. “So give me a list of the groups and I’ll let you know.”
“I’m just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here,” Tapper said.
“Honestly, I don’t know David Duke,” Trump said. “I don’t believe I’ve ever met him, I’m pretty sure I didn’t meet him, and I just don’t know anything about him.”
While today Trump said he didn’t know anything about Duke or the KKK, on Friday he was asked about the endorsement and a the time he said he “disavows” the support.
