His candidacy and presidency emboldened them in the first place

So much that he hired the head of the Alt Right's mouthpiece, Breitbart, to be his campaign chair and closest advisor. I doubt there would even be an Alt Right movement as we know it today without Trump's candidacy.

It has nothing to do IMO with whether Trump is a racist or a bigot - he just knows where his bread is buttered. So when Cville happened, he missed a tremendous opportunity to decouple himself from the white supremacist racist set. He apparently views them as too indispensable to his political base, and so he equivocated, to the loud applause of white supremacists, including David Duke.

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Posted: 05/15/2019 at 1:08PM

Trump enabled Charlottesville incident? So says alt-right. -- Hoo Fighter 05/15/2019 08:39AM

Hell, the Republican Party plays footsie with them. -- hooshouse 05/15/2019 10:19AM

Yahoo news! This isn't 2004. They have a legit news dept now! ** -- hoothat 05/15/2019 09:20AM

So Donald is a uniter, after all. -- Chuck Taylor 05/15/2019 09:16AM

Responsible is too strong a word. enabler may be a better one -- 111Balz 05/15/2019 08:44AM

I actually agree with that assessment. And while -- BocaHoo91 05/15/2019 09:56AM

His candidacy and presidency emboldened them in the first place -- hoolstoptheheels 05/15/2019 1:08PM

Yeah. Can’t argue a whole lot with that ** -- BocaHoo91 05/15/2019 1:26PM

Updated wording ** -- Hoo Fighter 05/15/2019 08:51AM

Hmmm -- WahooMatt05 05/15/2019 08:42AM

That's sad... ** -- hoothat 05/15/2019 09:59AM

His candidacy and presidency emboldened them in the first place

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