Trump Says He Condemns Proud Boys and White Supremacists

Demonstrators who identify as Proud Boys gesture during a Second Amendment March in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., on Sept. 17. — Demonstrators who identify as Proud Boys gesture during a Second Amendment March in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., on Sept. 17.
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By Jordan Fabian

October 2, 2020 at 1:54 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump said Thursday in an interview that he condemned the Proud Boys, a militant group that supports him, after declining to directly condemn white supremacists during Tuesday’s presidential debate.

“I condemn the KKK, I condemn all white supremacists, I condemn the Proud Boys,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News, after insisting that he had long condemned such groups.