this point. mr. higen both that many, what do you think? i think he s absolutely right. the president, you know, once again on issues of race is a day late and a dollar short. he could have easily, this was an easy opportunity for him to come out and reject unequivocally and clearly white racial supremacy. and he did not. the american people most of them are against this. and it would have been an easy call for the president to do so. he didn t. he missed an opportunity. it is an opportunity for americans of all colors to come together and say to the president that we reject this ideology. do you think president trump sympathizes with these groups or is there another explanation for why he struggles to condemn david duke and nazis, michael? well, as brianna keilar s
white supremacists behind the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. if history is any guide, his delayed action is not unusual. over the years, donald trump has often been slow to call out hate groups and hate speech. cnn s brianna keilar reports. reporter: it takes a lot, too much even those in president trump s own party argue, for him to strongly criticize and disavow hate groups. take david duke. he rallied this weekend in charlottesville and supported trump s cappeddy early on. did he endorse me or what s going on? i know nothing about david duke. i know nothing about white supremacists. reporter: but trump did know about david duke. he had spoken publicly about hip as early as 1991 shortly after duke had an unsuccessful but surprisingly strong run for governor of louisiana. did the david duke thing bother you, 55% of the whites in louisiana vote ford him. i guess it just shows there s
duck: quack! call to request your free decision guide now. because the time to think about tomorrow is today. president trump waiting a few days to condemn neo-nazi and white supremacists behind the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. if history is any guide, his delayed action is not unusual. over the years, donald trump has often been slow to call out hate groups and hate speech. cnn s brianna keilar reports. reporter: it takes a lot, too much even those in president trump s own party argue, for him to strongly criticize and disavow hate groups. take david duke. he rallied this weekend in charlottesville and supported trump s candidacy early on. did he endorse me or what s going on? i know nothing about david duke. i know nothing about white supremacists. reporter: but trump did know about david duke.
he d spoken publicly about him as early as 1991 shortly after duke had an unsuccessful but surprisingly strong run for governor of louisiana. did the david duke thing bother you, 55% of the whites in louisiana voted for him? i hate seeing what it represents, but i guess it just shows there s a lot of hostility in this country. reporter: in july of 2016, trump tweeted this picture of hillary clinton against a background of dollar bills which originally came from a white supremacist message board. he called the controversy a creation of the dishonest media, even dismissing the image s obvious use of the star of david. it s a star. and it actually looks like a sheriff s star. but i don t know. not long after, he weathered scathing criticism from clinton who charged that he was embracing the so-called alt-right, an idealogically nebulous group linked to white supremacy, anti-semitism, anti-feminism and xenophobia.
do you think president trump sympathizes with these groups or is there another explanation for why he struggles to condemn david duke and nazis, michael? well, as brianna keilar s segment showed there s a long history here of president trump embracing this ideology, and what he did during the election campaign i think shows that it s very difficult for him now to reject that because you know, i mean it s hard for a leopard to change its spots. he ran a very racially divisive campaign. many examples beginning with the wall, building a wall against mexicans, calling them criminals that were coming in, you know. stating he wanted a muslim ban and being very unsympathetic to minority victims of racial