14 Aug 2017 12:42 pm
TRUMP'S DAVID DUKE AMNESIA
David Duke ran for governor of Louisiana in 1991 as a Republican, and Trump said at the time that President George H.W. Bush was right “to come out against” Duke’s campaign.
Duke lost but he won a majority of the white vote — which Trump found troubling.
“I hate seeing what it represents,” Trump said, referring to what he called the “anger vote.”
In 2000, Trump considered running for the Reform Party presidential nomination but did not run because he said he did not want to be associated with Pat Buchanan, who had left the Republican Party to seek the Reform Party nomination, and David Duke, who supported Buchanan.
Trump at the time called Duke “a bigot, a racist, a problem.”
Fast forward to 2016:
Jake Tapper, Feb. 28: I want to ask you about the Anti-Defamation League, which this week called on you to publicly condemn unequivocally the racism of former KKK grand wizard David Duke, who recently said that voting against you at this point would be treason to your heritage.
Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don’t want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election?
Trump: Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke. OK?
I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists.
So, I don’t know.
Tapper: OK. I mean, I’m just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here, but…
Trump: I don’t know any — honestly, I don’t know David Duke.
I don’t believe I have ever met him. I’m pretty sure I didn’t meet him.
And I just don’t know anything about him.
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/03/trumps ... e-amnesia/
David Duke ran for governor of Louisiana in 1991 as a Republican, and Trump said at the time that President George H.W. Bush was right “to come out against” Duke’s campaign.
Duke lost but he won a majority of the white vote — which Trump found troubling.
“I hate seeing what it represents,” Trump said, referring to what he called the “anger vote.”
In 2000, Trump considered running for the Reform Party presidential nomination but did not run because he said he did not want to be associated with Pat Buchanan, who had left the Republican Party to seek the Reform Party nomination, and David Duke, who supported Buchanan.
Trump at the time called Duke “a bigot, a racist, a problem.”
Fast forward to 2016:
Jake Tapper, Feb. 28: I want to ask you about the Anti-Defamation League, which this week called on you to publicly condemn unequivocally the racism of former KKK grand wizard David Duke, who recently said that voting against you at this point would be treason to your heritage.
Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don’t want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election?
Trump: Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke. OK?
I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists.
So, I don’t know.
Tapper: OK. I mean, I’m just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here, but…
Trump: I don’t know any — honestly, I don’t know David Duke.
I don’t believe I have ever met him. I’m pretty sure I didn’t meet him.
And I just don’t know anything about him.
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/03/trumps ... e-amnesia/