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Amid Growing Criticism, Trump Condemns White Supremacy

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced all extremist
   groups, including the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys, following
   growing criticism over his apparent refusal to condemn white supremacy
   during Tuesday's presidential debate.

   "Let me be clear again," Trump told conservative Fox News host Sean
   Hannity. "I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists. I
   condemn the Proud Boys. I don't know much about the Proud Boys, almost
   nothing, but I condemn that."

   Trump made the comments just hours before his shocking revelation that
   he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus
   after a close White House aide, Hope Hicks, had contracted the virus.

   This is not the first time Trump has condemned white supremacists, many
   of whom support his presidency. Twice in 2017, Trump denounced white
   supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups after facing criticism
   for blaming "both sides" for violence at a far-right rally in
   Charlottesville, Virginia.

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