it leaves a lot of reporters, people, everyone questioning, you know, exactly what does he mean here? david duke was at this rally in virginia yesterday and we will hear from him and what he said there and on twitter a little later. but, kelly jane, back to you. this president, as you mentioned, derided president obama and secretary clinton for not using the phrase radical islamic terrorism. let s remind people how this president went after those two for that phrase. radical islamic terrorism and, i tell you what, we have a president who refuses to use the term. he refuses to say it. he refuses to use the term radical islamic terrorism! he refuses to use the term! you know, you hear the term radical islamic terrorism. he won t say it. he won t say it.
this represents a turning point. people are determined to take our country back. we re going to fulfill the promises of donald trump. that s that we believed in. that s why we voted for donald trump. because he said he s together to take our country back. mr. trump condemned the rally and urged americans to come together. duke sent a tweet directed at the president saying mr. trump should take a good look in the mirror and remember it was white americans who put you in the presidency, not radical. here s part of a conversation that bower began react to go david duke s comments. david duke is not in any way what i think what this country tries to speak to the world about welcoming and being a tolerant of other people s views.
crazy person who tries to appropriate him but the reason that we are talking about this is that donald trump had trouble during the election disavowing david duke. as you said earlier it came up. he blamed it on his earpiece and it took him a while to be able to say, i don t like this guy, he doesn t speak for me. let s face it. we wouldn t even be talking about david duke any more if it hadn t been for what happened during the election. this guy really is a nobody now but he has made a name for himself, attaching himself to trump and because the president has never forcefully disavowed that support is why we are still talking about it and why people are still waiting for donald trump to forcefully say these people have nothing to do with me and do not speak for me and my promises had nothing to do with them. we should read david duke s tweet as well. ed take a good look in the mirror and remember it was white
them throughout the show. let s talk now about what we are seeing and what we are hearing from the white house. jack kingston and former senior adviser to the trump campaign. and john is a democratic strategist and host of the working podcast. whether you believe that the president should use the words white nationalists or white supremaci supremacists, we are 17 hours after his initial comments. this is no long an oversight. it is an omission. jack, to you first. should the president call out while nationalists and call out w white supremacists by name? i think his biglanguage was right. there were nine tweets in a row condemning what was going on there. he has spoken out against david duke in the past and he has spoken out about the alt right.
presidents on of both political parties and cnn political analy analyst. among those attending the rally in virginia was a holocaust denier, former kkk leader david duke. he has been a vocal supporter of president trump. this is when then candidate trump was asked about david duke. yes. go ahead. how do you feel about the recent endorsement from david duke? i didn t know he endorsed me. i disavow, okay? so the president disavowing david duke. keep in mind this after an interview with jake tapper where tap or asked candidate trump about david duke and mr. trump in that interview asked who is david duke. i m paraphrasing him. duke explained the reasoning for saturday s alt-right and neo-nazi rally in virginia. listen to this.