Donald Trump werd gisterenavond tijdens het eerste debat met Joe Biden, zijn concurrent in de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen, gevraagd om white supremacists aka voorstanders van blanke overheersing te veroordelen.

Trump ontweek het verzoek en zei enkel dat hij vrede wilde. Toen moderator Chris Wallace, een nieuwsanker van Fox News, bleef aandringen, richtte Trump zich tot de neofascistische beweging Proud Boys uit Portland en zei: “Proud Boys, trek jullie terug! Sta paraat!”

De uitspraken van de Amerikaanse president lokten verbolgen reacties uit bij onder meer Ava DuVernay, Kumail Nanjiani, Mark Ruffalo, Olivia Wilde en Josh Gad. Bekijk ze hieronder:

https://twitter.com/ava/status/1311140588251541504

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/1311134543433195522

I want to live in a country where my President is not afraid to call white supremacists and Nazis racists thugs and terrorists and then do everything he can to stop them. #WithBidenWeCan #Debates2020

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) September 30, 2020

His message to white supremacists was “STAND BY”. This is terrifying.

— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) September 30, 2020

Tonight, we either choose a man who has principle or one who can’t bring himself to call white supremicists, “white supremacists.” THATS it. That’s the choice.

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) September 30, 2020

Tonight Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacists.
That is so deeply disturbing and horrifying, and utterly disqualifying for the presidency of our great nation.#Debates2020 #VoteOutHate #BidenHarrisToSaveAmerica

— Ed Helms (@edhelms) September 30, 2020

https://twitter.com/LenaWaithe/status/1311126551883329542

The fact that Trump said Proud Boys should “stand by” is one of the most disgusting, dangerous things that could have possibly been said. What a vile, racist bitch. Vote this motherfucker out.

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) September 30, 2020

Bron: IndieWire