2 March 2016
NEW YORK CITY --
Republican Party presidential candidate
Donald Trump says he didn't endorse the support of former
Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard
David Duke on
television. He now says he thought he was being asked a question about
Daisy Duke, the queen of the cut off-jeans in the 1970s.
Jake Tapper of
CNN pressed Trump, as he would any Republican on the eve of a huge election date, to volunteer that he did not want the votes of some of his backers. But Trump repeatedly evaded the request, at one point saying, "I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists." Trump did describe Duke as a "Klansman" in 2000 when Duke and Trump were potential Presidential rivals. But that was a long time ago, as is most everything else for the 69-year-old casino magnate.
Trump said he was "set up" with a faulty ear piece whilst being interviewed on CNN. He thought he had heard that "Daisy Duke" was supporting him and remembered her very well on the reality show
Dukes of Hazzard.
"I am all for feisty women like Daisy Duke supporting my campaign," said Trump. "She knows when she's picked a winner and as the recent primaries have proved, I have plenty of support in the
South. So when I heard the surname "Duke," I though it was her instead of David Duke. Heck, does it matter? I am going to make America great for everyone, Daisy and David alike. I can't describe how great, you'll see. Isn't he the one that was her cousin with the hopped-up Chevy?"
Trump then
tweeted that he did know Duke and had disavowed Duke's support all along, just like a
Bill Clinton "apology." But it was too late. House Speaker
Paul Ryan called out Trump, saying that Trump should show good faith with a payment of $3 billion toward anti-
racism efforts, or by giving back one large Primary state. Sen. Jeff Sessions, expected to support conservative ally
Ted Cruz, issued a surprise endorsement of Trump. "We need to stand togethah against the Nigrah," he said. The
Democratic Party had no statement on the flap, as it has not been the same since the passing of Senate leader and Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd.
Trump claimed that he received text message support from the "Duke of Downton Abbey" in
England and that the
Duke of Edinburgh was "right behind me."
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Wow, I must say, I just might get behind this Trump guy. Any fan of the Hazzard boys is a friend of mine !!!! Oh how I love to spread a rumor.......eP.