“The debate gave new meaning to the term ‘white noise’, especially the horrifying moment when Trump refused to denounce white supremacists. Well, it seems like somebody in the White House started looking at the numbers and realized that siding with a violent hate group doesn’t poll well with suburban women. Trump commented on Wednesday that he ‘didn’t know who the Proud Boys are’ and ‘whoever they are they have to stand down, let law enforcement do their work’. Notice he didn’t actually denounce the Proud Boys. So his walkback still had a hint of goose step. One reporter gave Trump another chance to clearly and definitively denounce white supremacy, and Trump clearly and definitively took a pass. Instead, Trump rambled about unsubstantiated violence in New York, and deflected from calling out white supremacy by name: ‘I’ve always denounced any form, any form of any of that,’ Trump said. Basically, he tried a variation on the ‘very fine people on both sides’ thing.” —Stephen Colbert
“That’s not denouncing — that’s troubling. That’s like when the debate moderator asked Nixon to denounce psychotic thrill-kill cults, and he said, ‘Manson family, stand back and stand by. Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt? Helter skelter! Helter skelter!’” —Stephen Colbert
“The president’s choice of words was so inspiring to these racist numbskulls that today the Proud Boys started selling merch with their new catchphrase. A good indication that you didn’t properly denounce someone is when they make your denunciation their new slogan. That’s why Joe McCarthy never wore a T-shirt that said, ‘At long last, sir, have you no decency?’” —Stephen Colbert
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