Donald Trump, the presidential candidate who refuses to denounce the Ku Klux Klan, has reportedly allowed James Edwards, a white supremacist radio talk show host, VIP access at his rallies. The βpro-whiteβ host even landed a recent interview with the Republican front-runner's son.
According to the Huffington Post, Edwards spoke with Donald Trump Jr. in an interview expected to air this Saturday for Edwardsβ radio show, The Political Cesspool.Β
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Edwards bragged about his VIP access, which included press credentials and βVIPβ parking, at a Trump rally in Memphis, Tenn.
βWeβre watching history in the making,β Edwards said during his radio broadcast from the Memphis Trump rally, the Huffington Post reports. βDonald Trump will be the first Republican nominee that I have ever voted for.β
Edwards claims that his show is not racist but βpromotes a proud, paleoconservative Christian worldview,β as he wrote in a statement sent to the Huffington Post. He added, βWe reject media descriptions of our work as βwhite supremacistt,β βpro-slaveryβΒ and other such scare words.β
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks these types of hatemongers, describes Edwardsβ radio show as a βracist, anti-Semitic radio showβ that features a βwide roster of white supremacists, anti-Semites and other extremists, such as the longtime Klan leader David Duke and Holocaust denier Willis Carto. Its mission statement says it βstands for the Dispossessed MajorityβΒ and is βpro-white.ββ
Read more at the Huffington Post.
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