From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Trump ‘disavows’ alt-right, doesn’t want to ‘energize’ it
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn a meeting with The New York Times, President-elect Trump responds to the recent emboldening of the racist and white nationalist groups described as “alt-right,” saying he disavows them and doesn’t want to “energize” them.
Trump: “I don’t want to energize the group, and I disavow the group.” (1/2)
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) November 22, 2016
Trump on alt-right supporters: "It's not a group I want to energize. And if they are energized I want to look into it and find out why."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016
Trump has been facing criticism over his failure to explicitly condemn those groups — which were fanned by his campaign — especially in the wake of an alt-right event over the weekend during which activists performed the Nazi salute and cried “Heil Trump.”
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