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In a 1991 CNN interview, Donald Trump remarked that he hated seeing support for David Duke because it shows there's a lot of "anger" and "hostility in this country" and said President George H.W. Bush "had to come out against him."
Duke recently urged his white nationalist supporters to vote for Trump. During a February 28 CNN interview, Trump repeatedly refused to denounce Duke's support and claimed, "I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?" Trump later blamed a "lousy earpiece" for his refusal to denounce the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, an explanation that is not standing up to scrutiny.
Some of Trump's media supporters have dismissed the Duke issue as "gotcha politics" and bizarrely called Duke a "hardcore leftist." Trump ally and conservative author Roger Stone suggested on Alex Jones' program that Trump "doesn't know who David Duke is." Stone continued that "he doesn't know this guy ran for governor and did well. He doesn't know that he's a hater and a bigot. You know, this is an attempt to smear Trump."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/02/29/how-trump-acknowledged-david-duke-on-cnn-in-199/208892
I've been to their War Room. They're oppo files are deep and are continually being updated.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)fingertips. He's a valuable asset and will continue to be so during the general election. Glad he saw the light.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)revbones
(3,660 posts)Bet the Hillary supporters just shrug that off as well.
brooklynite
(94,552 posts)...like Elizabeth Warren.
Kall
(615 posts)never wrote a book of deliberate lies bent on assassinating someone's character, but nice try.
revbones
(3,660 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)David Brock would claim, with a straight face, that he was just fluffing the duvet.
ebayfool
(3,411 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)hfojvt
(37,573 posts)I tend to give Trump a pass on this.
He's a lightweight. When DDuke was a story and the story was all about bashing DDuke, then Trump jumped on that. But that was 25 years ago. Trump might remember something from two months ago, or be able to say something about a current event, but that doesn't mean he remembers 25 years ago.
Of course, he doesn't want to admit to a bad memory either, so let's blame the earpiece.