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Why Can’t He Just Say It?

President Donald Trump refused to clearly condemn white supremacy at last night’s debate. This was no accident.
Source: Julio Cortez / AP

The question Chris Wallace posed to President Donald Trump was direct.

“Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say they need to stand down?”

The president shrugged his left shoulder. “Sure, I’m willing to do that. But I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing.” Trump continued to say words, and to

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