He shouldn't have allowed Wallace to get away with conflating critical race theory with "sensitivity training."
Beyond that, I feel like it would have deprived the MSM of their attack angle if he had just said that he disavows racism in all forms. Then he could have gone on the attack against Biden for refusing to even admit Antifa exists.
That being said, I know what he meant, the PBs aren't white supremacists. A blanket disavowal of all forms of bigotry would have cut that angle of attack off, without him having to denounce the PBs specifically.
I'm not "upset" about it, but I think he should have known better.
Must not be bc this interaction happened earlier today:
Q Mr. President, can you explain what you meant last night when you said that the Proud Boys should “stand back and stand by”?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know who the Proud Boys are. I mean, you’ll have to give me a definition, because I really don’t know who they are. I can only say they have to stand down, let law enforcement do their work. Law enforcement will do the work more and more. As people see how bad this radical, liberal, Democrat movement is and how weak — the law enforcement is going to come back stronger and stronger.
But again, I don’t know who Proud Boys are. But whoever they are, they have to stand down. Let law enforcement do their work.
He shouldn't have allowed Wallace to get away with conflating critical race theory with "sensitivity training."
Beyond that, I feel like it would have deprived the MSM of their attack angle if he had just said that he disavows racism in all forms. Then he could have gone on the attack against Biden for refusing to even admit Antifa exists.
That being said, I know what he meant, the PBs aren't white supremacists. A blanket disavowal of all forms of bigotry would have cut that angle of attack off, without him having to denounce the PBs specifically.
I'm not "upset" about it, but I think he should have known better.
When i say that, I merely mean that he should have seen how his phrasing would be spun. Aren't you also armchair quarterbacking?
Must not be bc this interaction happened earlier today:
Q Mr. President, can you explain what you meant last night when you said that the Proud Boys should “stand back and stand by”?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know who the Proud Boys are. I mean, you’ll have to give me a definition, because I really don’t know who they are. I can only say they have to stand down, let law enforcement do their work. Law enforcement will do the work more and more. As people see how bad this radical, liberal, Democrat movement is and how weak — the law enforcement is going to come back stronger and stronger.
But again, I don’t know who Proud Boys are. But whoever they are, they have to stand down. Let law enforcement do their work.
It's the "standby" that is being spun