Trump Passes Up Chance to Disavow White Supremacist Support
- Anti-Defamation League called on billionaire to condemn them
- Candidate defends retweeting of quote from dictator Mussolini
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Billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump came under fire Sunday for passing up a chance to condemn former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and other white supremacists, as well as for retweeting a quote from Italian fascist Benito Mussolini.
“I know nothing about David Duke,” Trump said on CNN’s “State of the Union” television show. “I know nothing about white supremacists.”