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WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized former President Donald Trump for meeting with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West, saying that the incident might prevent him from returning to the White House. “Let me just say that there is no room in the Republican party for anti-Semitism or white supremacy,” Mr. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, told reporters on Tuesday. “Anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view in my judgment is highly unlikely ever to be elected president of the United States.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Donald Trump ‘was wrong’ to meet with Nick Fuentes and Kanye West. WASHINGTON—Donald Trump should apologize for having dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West, former Vice President Mike Pence said, adding to fellow Republicans’ criticism of the meeting just as Mr. Trump is attempting to ramp up a third presidential bid. “President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an anti-Semite and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table, and I think he should apologize for it,” Mr. Pence said Monday in an interview with NewsNation. “He should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification.”
That’s all I have to say about that,” said Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a member of Senate Republican leadership. I don’t think he should be the nominee of our party in 2024,” he said. And I don’t think it’ll matter in terms of his political future, but I do believe we need to watch who we meet with. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., the outgoing NRSC chair, said, “There’s no room in the Republican Party for white supremacist antisemitism — so it’s wrong.”Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said: “Antisemitism is wrong, and white supremacy is wrong, and that’s all there is to it. Writing on Truth Social, Trump called Ye a “seriously troubled man” and said he had no idea who Fuentes was.
Washington CNN —House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was asked on Tuesday about how he hadn’t yet condemned former President Donald Trump for having dinner a week ago with Nick Fuentes, a White nationalist and Holocaust denier. McCarthy said, “I don’t think anybody should be spending any time with Nick Fuentes. I think President Trump came out four times and condemned him, and didn’t know who he was.”A reporter responded: “Well, he just said he didn’t know who he was. Facts First: McCarthy’s claim was false: Trump had not condemned Fuentes at the time McCarthy spoke. Trump also did not criticize Fuentes or his views in two Friday posts about the dinner on social media platform Truth Social.
Mike Pence said Donald Trump was "wrong" for hosting Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago and should apologize. Trump met with Kanye West last week, who "unexpectedly" arrived with Fuentes, a known white supremacist. Trump continued, claiming that he did not know Nick Fuentes at the time of the dinner. "President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an anti-Semite, and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table," Pence said in an interview with NewsNation that aired Monday. "If it was any other party, breaking bread with Nick Fuentes would be instantly disqualifying for Trump," Democratic National Committee spokesperson Ammar Moussa said, per a report by Politico.
Trump began his 2024 bid for the White House on Nov. 15, and is Republican voters' top choice, according to opinion polls. McCarthy was pressed for his thoughts on the Trump dinner by reporters at the White House, after talks with President Joe Biden. "I don't think anybody should be spending any time with Nick Fuentes," said McCarthy, currently the House minority leader. "His views are nowhere within the Republican Party or within this country itself." PENCE CALLS FOR APOLOGYTrump's former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday called for an apology from Trump for the meeting with Fuentes.
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy addressed the controversial dinner of former President Donald Trump with White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Former US Ambassador to New Zealand and former Republican Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown discusses with CNN.
McConnell on Tuesday blasted former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago dinner with Nick Fuentes and Kanye West. "There is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy," McConnell said. McConnell's comments come a day after a range of GOP leaders condemned the dinner, including his onetime No. "President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an anti-Semite and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table. Trump earlier this month launched his 2024 White House campaign at Mar-a-Lago, and rivals for the GOP nomination are expected to begin entering the race next year.
White supremacists "pose the primary threat" of committing domestic terrorism, the FBI said. Since 2010, white supremacists have killed at least 77 people, the bureau said in a new report. According to the bureau, radicals "driven by a belief in the superiority of the white race continue to pose the primary threat among [domestic violent extremists] of committing lethal violence against civilians, based on their ideology and attack history." Since 2010, white supremacists have carried out at least 17 lethal attacks, killing no fewer than 77 people — accounting for more than half of all fatalities from domestic terrorism, the FBI noted. The FBI report warns that such racially-motivated extremists are acting as part of a "transnational movement," facilitated by online networks and claiming the mantle of a "leaderless resistance" to multiculturalism.
Trump's team has claimed that the rapper Ye tricked him by bringing a well-known white supremacist to Mar-a-Lago. "Kanye punked Trump," one Trump adviser told NBC News of the dinner with Nick Fuentes. The Trump campaign is now reviewing their processes to prevent someone like Fuentes from getting near Trump again, sources with knowledge of the discussions told NBC News. "The master troll got trolled," one Trump adviser, who spoke anonymously, told NBC News. One Trump adviser told NBC News that the former president said Ye's attendance at Mar-a-Lago "would be fun for the members."
On a podcast on Monday, Kanye West said the IRS put a $75 million hold on four of his accounts. The rapper said he owes around $50 million in taxes. He's now estimated to be worth around $400 million, a massive drop for the one-time billionaire. "But I found out — okay, so they froze, they put a $75 million hold on four of my accounts." A lot — was it — well, around $50 million," Ye said.
Rep. Liz Cheney is calling on Kevin McCarthy to condemn Donald Trump for meeting with Nick Fuentes. Fuentes is widely known as a white supremacist and anti-semite. McCarthy has previously said Republicans should avoid Fuentes, but he hasn't spoken out against Trump. "Hey @GOPLeader - where is your condemnation of Donald Trump for meeting with neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, the pro-Putin leader of the America First Political Action Conference?" The Anti-Defamation League describes Fuentes as a white supremacist, anti-semite, and 2020 election-denier "who seeks to forge a white nationalist alternative to the mainstream GOP."
Jonathan Ernst | ReutersSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Tuesday that Donald Trump is "highly unlikely" to regain the presidency as a result of his recent dinner with the rapper now known as Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes. "First, let me just say that there is no room in the Republican Party for anti-Semitism or white supremacy," McConnell, R-Kentucky, told reporters. "And anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States," McConnell said. "And that would apply to all of the leaders in the party who will be seeking offices," McConnell added. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting Republican Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. Joshua Roberts | Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday joined some Republicans in criticizing former U.S. President Donald Trump for dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, saying there is no place in America for "vile forces" such as racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism. "There is just no place for these types of vile forces in our society," she told reporters. "President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table, and I think he should apologize," Pence told NewsNation on Monday. The White House had already slammed Trump on Sunday, saying in a statement that "bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America - including at Mar-A-Lago." "We should all be condemning this, and we should be very clear - very clear - and say it in really absolute clear terms," she said.
WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday stepped up its criticism of former President Donald Trump's decision to host Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and white supremacist Nick Fuentes for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. “This is something that’s important that we speak very clear about and we speak very, very forcefully about. “Bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America — including at Mar-A-Lago,” deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement Saturday. After news of the dinner became public, Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign went into damage control mode. Asked Saturday about Trump's dinner, President Joe Biden told reporters, "You don't want to hear what I think."
Donald Trump’s Bad Dinner Guests
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is barely two weeks old, and already it has his trademarks of bad company and bad judgment. Both were on display Tuesday evening when he hosted the rapper Kanye West (who now goes by Ye) and some comrades for dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Trump claims that Mr. West had asked to see him and brought along Mr. Fuentes. The former President says he didn’t know who Mr. Fuentes is, but both Mr. West and Mr. Fuentes have said since the meeting that Mr. Trump was impressed with Mr. Fuentes’s political insight. That may be because sources on hand for the dinner have leaked to reporters that Mr. Fuentes flattered Mr. Trump.
Trump said he didn't know white supremacist Nick Fuentes when Kanye West brought him to dinner. Asa Hutchinson was among the first elected Republicans to condemn former President Donald Trump for meeting with white supremacist Nick Fuentes last week. "Well, I hope someday we won't have to be responding to what President Trump has said or done. "The last time I met with a white supremacist, it was in an armed standoff. Trump said he agreed to dinner with West but the rapper unexpectedly brought several people with him, including Fuentes.
Trump recently dined with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, who have both spewed anti-Semitic statements. "President Trump hosting racist antisemites for dinner encourages other racist antisemites," said Cassidy. "President Trump hosting racist antisemites for dinner encourages other racist antisemites," wrote Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on Twitter. "The president should never have had a meal or even a meeting with Nick Fuentes." The controversy began on November 22, when Trump had dinner with both Fuentes and West.
White nationalist Nick Fuentes has associated with several MAGA stars who claim they don't know him. Fuentes has spent time with Donald Trump, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, among others. GOP leaders like Kevin McCarthy and Mitt Romney have urged others to stay away from Fuentes. Interactions with the America First Foundation leader have also prompted GOP lawmakers to deny knowing who Fuentes is and what he stands for. The Anti-Defamation League describes Fuentes as a white supremacist, anti-semite, and 2020 election-denier "who seeks to forge a white nationalist alternative to the mainstream GOP."
Several top Republican officials have condemed Trump for meeting with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Trump recently had dinner with Fuentes and Kanye West, who has also made anti-Semitic comments. We also discussed, to a lesser extent, politics, where I told him he should definitely not run for President ...," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. It's indefensible," Cheney, the top Republican on the House January 6 committee, wrote on Twitter. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois:"The brown shirts shouldn't intimidate you," Kinzinger, the only other Republican on the January 6 committee, wrote on Twitter.
WASHINGTON—Criticism of Donald Trump‘s recent dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and far-right personality, mounted over the weekend, with some members of both political parties condemning the former president and calling for him to take a firmer stance on anti-Semitism. The controversy over the Tuesday dinner came about a week after Mr. Trump announced he is running for president again. Mr. Trump said he didn’t know Mr. Fuentes and was accommodating a meeting request from Mr. West, the rapper who goes by Ye. The former president already is facing legal problems and resistance from some fellow Republicans who want to see another party standard-bearer emerge for the 2024 election.
WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Some Republicans on Sunday criticized Donald Trump for dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes at the former president's Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida, even as Trump said the encounter was inadvertent. Also, I didn't know Nick Fuentes," Trump wrote. The White House slammed Trump, saying in a statement that "bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America — including at Mar-A-Lago." "To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this. Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable," Friedman wrote on Twitter.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., on Sunday criticized Donald Trump for dining with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, during a pre-Thanksgiving dinner at the former president's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida last week. “Well, he certainly needs better judgment in who he dines with,” Comer said in an interviews on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” "I know that he’s issued a statement. Pressed on whether he condemns Trump’s actions, Comer said he would not take a meeting with “that person,” nor Ye. Trump, who described the dinner held on the back patio as “quick and uneventful," is facing backlash for dining with Ye and Fuentes. Chris Christie, who was once a Trump ally, was among a handful of Republicans who jabbed Trump for hosting Fuentes.
An ex-Obama aide said Trump denying knowing Nick Fuentes is his "M.O." "He always tries to claim he does not associate with white nationalists," Alaina Beverly told MSNBC. Her comments come after Trump's meetup with Fuentes and Ye in Florida last week. "He always tries to claim he does not associate with white nationalists, that he does not know them. The visit left Trump's advisers to scramble and try to get ahead of the fallout, calling it "a fucking nightmare."
Asa Hutchinson (R-AK) joins CNN's Dana Bash to discuss former President Donald Trump hosting White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West at his Mar-a-Lago estate, demonstrating his continued willingness to associate with figures who have well-publicized antisemitic views as he embarks on another White House run.
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