Buttigieg: Trump is ‘condoning white nationalism’

Published August 4, 2019 4:46pm ET



South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg reiterated his belief on Fox News Sunday that President Trump is condoning white nationalism, following the two deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.

Comparing the president to former KKK leader David Duke, Buttigieg told Fox News host Chris Wallace, “There is no question that white nationalism is condoned at the highest level of our government. When this kind of rhetoric happened 20 years ago when David Duke tried to run for office as a Republican, the Republican Party was horrified. They couldn’t run away fast enough.”

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