Why should he publicly condemn them? Best to just ignore it, in my opinion.  If they want to endorse him, he can't control that.  I've never blamed the candidates who have gotten endorsements from Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright, New Black Panther Party, Black Lives Matter, etc.  Who, or what group endorses them isn't necessarily within their control.

Last edited by The Man (2/28/2016 6:38 pm)

More research -- what a loon. 

Perhaps he needs to do more research on the Holocaust also before he makes up his mind about that one too. . 

He is a real tool ! 
 

The Man wrote:

Why should he publicly condemn them? Best to just ignore it, in my opinion. If they want to endorse him, he can't control that. I've never blamed the candidates who have gotten endorsements from Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright, New Black Panther Party, Black Lives Matter, etc. Who, or what group endorses them isn't necessarily within their control.

You are arguing a moral equivalence between Black lives matter, Jessie Jackson,,,,, and the kkk?
That's a bit much.

Trump screwed up, and left people wondering about his feelings towards white supremacists. Given his history of feeding intolerance, one has to wonder.

This was not difficult to deal with. Trump could have disposed with this easily.
First state exactly what you wrote above; "I have no control over who endorses me".
Second, state: "Of course I condemn white supremacists".
Boom. Done.

Instead you get a bunch of  hemming and hawing about doing research, yada yada, that leaves everyone wondering if he's a racist.
Donald trump doesn't know anything about the klan?

A real stupid move. Unless you want the kkk vote.

This morning on the Today show, he blamed a faulty earpiece for the whole thing. He said he didn't hear the questions clearly which made it difficult to respond to questions he didn't fully understand due to the lousy earpiece. He said he was in his house in Florida when he did the interview long distance, and only heard 'condemn groups' nothing specific to the KKK.

Maybe his hair got in his ear and screwed up the earpiece reception. But this is just more of Trump being Trump -- he takes no responsibility for things he does that people criticize -- he just turns the criticism around and blames someone or something else. Trump ought to write a book entitled Trump Blames. He's racking up quite a long list of people, groups, and things he blames for his personal goof ups and the sorry state of the nation. Who's he going to blame when he's president?

Last edited by Rongone (2/29/2016 7:45 am)

The Man wrote:

Why should he publicly condemn them? Best to just ignore it, in my opinion. If they want to endorse him, he can't control that. I've never blamed the candidates who have gotten endorsements from Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright, New Black Panther Party, Black Lives Matter, etc. Who, or what group endorses them isn't necessarily within their control.

Ronald Reagan was endorsed by the KKK back in his day and here is how he responded:

”Those of us in public life can only resent the use of our names by those who seek political recognition for the repugnant doctrines of hate they espouse.

”The politics of racial hatred and religious bigotry practiced by the Klan and others have no place in this country, and are destructive of the values for which America has always stood.”

It's a pretty simple and effective statement and something the Trump team should have had lined up as a canned response.