People protest the appointment of white nationalist alt-right media mogul, former Breitbart News head Steve Bannon, to be chief strategist of the White House by president-elect Donald Trump. The president-elect has drawn repeated criticism for being slow to offer his condemnation of white supremacists. But Taylor said Trump is still unfairly maligned as a white supremacist and racist because he “cares about Americans already here.” But white supremacist imagery was a common sight at Trump rallies. In an interview Tuesday with The New York Times, Trump did denounce the white supremacist movement when asked, saying “I condemn them. The ADL’s Segal called Trump’s answers when questioned an important step to “allay any illusions” white supremacists have about their place in a Trump administration.

Source: thestar November 27, 2016 01:06 UTC