Trump Says He’s Willing to Condemn White Supremacists, Tell Militias to Back Off

President Donald Trump speaks during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 29, 2020. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he’s willing to condemn white supremacists and encourage militias to refrain from engaging in violence.

The topic was brought up during the presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, by moderator Chris Wallace, who started by saying Trump had called on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to condemn Antifa—which Biden did—before calling on Trump to condemn “white supremacists and militias.”