Keith Ellison Defends His Comment that Trump Has ‘Sympathy’ for White Supremacists: ‘I’m Not Saying He Is One’

‘I’m saying positions that they have articulated are positions that he does not feel an urgency to denounce and distance himself from’

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CAMEROTA: "So I'm clear on your position, you think he is like minded, that he is a white supremacist?"
ELLISON: "I'm not saying he is one. I'm saying the positions that they have articulated are positions that he does not feel an urgency to denounce and distance himself from. That piece of evidence right there is something that all of us have to ask ourselves why. Now, if he is not sympathetic to them, then the best person to clarify this is the president himself. He himself can say I absolutely denounce these people. He can do more than that. He can have a national convening where he talks about how we move forward as a country, one America, liberty and justice for all, everybody included. And yet that's not what we're seeing. We're seeing him, you know, be morally ambiguous and I think that this is of something that is of serious concern."

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