Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
At the first presidential debate in 2020, Donald Trump failed spectacularly to answer the event’s easiest question. Asked if he was willing to condemn white supremacists and militia groups, the Republican incumbent shrugged and said, “Sure, I’m willing to do that, but I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing.” As a rule, when asked to condemn white supremacists and militia groups, any answer that begins “Sure, I’m willing to do that, but...
Trump was given multiple opportunities to walk back the rhetoric, and he declined. Four years later, the phrasing has returned to the fore, thanks to one of the former president’s most outlandish sycophants. The Associated Press reported: It’s important to emphasize the significance extremists have placed on the phrase.
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