Analysis: Most Americans say Trump hasn’t done enough to confront white supremacism
President Trump smiles in the Oval Office on Sept. 5. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 28 at 3:49 PM After a man killed 49 people at two mosques in New Zealand this month, authorities discovered a document believed to have been written by him in which he appears to have articulated his violent, racist philosophy.
“I don’t really,” Trump said. “I think it’s a small group of people that have very, very serious problems.” After the New Zealand shooting and Trump’s response, Pew Research Center asked a broader question: Did Americans think that Trump had done enough to distance himself from white-nationalist groups?
Again, 56 percent of respondents said that he had encouraged white supremacist groups, while only 3 percent said he’d discouraged them. Nearly a fifth of Republicans agreed that he’d encouraged them.
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