The Proud Boys are celebrating Trump's 'stand back and stand by' debate shout-out
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The Proud Boys are celebrating Trump's 'stand back and stand by' debate shout-out
Peter Weber
Wed, September 30, 2020, 12:57 AM EDT
President Trump appeared to agree to moderator Chris Wallace's challenge at Tuesday night's presidential debate to "condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down and not add to the violence at a number of these cities, as we saw in Kenosha and as we've seen in Portland ." But when it came down to it, he either chickened out or choked, instead telling the Proud Boys white nationalist group to "stand back and stand by." By most accounts, the Proud Boys were thrilled .
Getting orders from Trump is a long-held "fantasy" for the group, Megan Squire, who tracks online extremism at Elon University, told NBC News . "To say Proud Boys are energized by this is an understatement," she explained. "They were pro-Trump before this shout-out, and they are absolutely over the moon now. Their fantasy is to fight antifa in his defense, and he apparently just asked them to do just that."
If the Proud Boys were ecstatic, critics of far-right extremism were not.
The Anti-Defamation League calls the Proud Boys a violent, nationalistic, Islamophobic, and misogynistic hate group, and its president, Jonathan Greenblatt, asked whether Trump's Proud Boy comment "was an answer or an admission," adding that the president "owes America an apology or an explanation. Now." Biden pointed to the gleeful reaction from the Proud Boys and tweeted simply : "This. This is Donald Trump's America."
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If you scumbags are so proud, why don't you show your faces?
The same reason Antifa doesn't.
If the violent Antifa and BLM scumbags are so proud, why do they hide their faces?
You mean like these boys...Proud Boys don't cover their faces.
You sound like you admire them
Well I don't admire them but telling lies about them is not admirable.
But to be expected.
What lies?
At least they are wearing masks unlike so many other of Trump's supporters who refuse to do.
Waddia u know...... Even sheep are smarter than Trump supporters.
Or a donald kissing Floridian governor.
lol...that was a good one.
But where does that leave Biden's supporters?
But where does that leave Biden's supporters?
Less likely to be hospitalized.....
It must be their "herd mentality"...
Wonderful, 'president' trumpturd just endorsed the proud boys.
How anyone could still vote for trumpturd is mind boggling.
Voting for Biden-turd means we would end up with Kamala-turd in short order.
Which in either case puts the country back on the path towards equal justice under the law. Something that Trump supporters can't stand to let happen.
How nice of you to denigrate a woman who happens to be the first Indian-American and Jamaican American Vice presidential candidate in US history calling her a "turd". /s
Has the right ideologues no shame, have they no decency?
Calling the self admitted sexual predator who has been accused of sexual assault by more than two dozen women a "turd" seems justified. I see no justification for trying to throw that label on a strong Senator, former CA Attorney General and woman of color. It seems more like you're just trying to use the "Nuh Uh! You are!" 3rd grader defense when the bully that you sidekick for is called out for being the turd he is.
Playing identity politics sure is a big hang-up for democrats, why isn't praising someone for their accomplishments enough?
Posted on social media after the debate was over.
Didn't take them long, did it?
Almost like they had it all ready to post.
hmmmm.....maybe they got their marching orders before the debate
I wouldn't be surprised to find out Steven Miller helped Trump "prepare" for his shit show performance.
It was Christy and Giuliani
donald....must..not..piss..off..base....
Anyone with a functioning brain could see he just could not condemn them.