Trump ‘refused to disavow white supremacists’ at debate, Biden says
Joe Biden has torn into Donald Trump for failing to distance himself from white power groups when asked at their debate last night.
In a tweet combining clips from the debate with footage from far-right events, Mr Biden was blunt. “There’s no other way to put it," he wrote, "the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night.”
Mr Biden’s broadside comes as Mr Trump faces stinging criticism not only for declining to condemn white supremacy in general, but for telling the extremist right-wing Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” – a message that the group has taken as a signal to prepare for post-election violence.
