Trump Denies Knowing Who Proud Boys Are Despite Telling Hate Group to ‘Stand By’ at Debate

2020 presidential debates is just about here. After a chaotic first matchup between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, a more subdued (but still buzzy) vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, and dueling Trump-Biden town hall events in lieu of a second debate, the whole process has felt long and, at times, extremely disorderly.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump had town halls at the exact same time on Thursday (October 15) (despite petitions and protests from Hollywood stars to stagger the time slots), and Biden easily won in the ratings department.

During President Donald Trump's town hall on Thursday, current and former showrunners, producers and stars — including a handful of current and former NBC talent — who signed aletter of protest against the event continued to criticize the network for its decision and how the event played out. More than 100 top figures in the industry had criticized the network on Wednesday for choosing to air the town hall during the same day and time as ABC'stown hall with former vice president Joe Biden.

Tonight was to have been the second of three presidential debates between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Biden. When Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19, the debate commission changed the format to a virtual debate.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Trump wanted to run and ramble. Savannah Guthrie wouldn’t let him.In what may be the performance of a career, the popular “Today” anchor kept a tight rein on the proceedings of a controversial town-hall event with President Donald Trump that put NBC in the cross-hairs of critics and Hollywood A-listers.

Zing! Conan O'Brien on Thursday had a striking (and personal) takedown of NBC, which is under heavy criticism for scheduling a town hall event with President Donald Trump during an ABC town hall with former Vice President Joe Biden. "I can’t remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision,"O'Brien quipped Thursday.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRefresh for updates: Tension between Thursday night’s presidential town halls continues to unfold as hoards of Twitter users are calling to boycott NBC’s coverage of President Donald Trump in favor of ABC’s Joe Biden event. Outrage sparked as NBC announced that its town hall will air at the same time and date as ABC’s.

Peter White Television EditorConan O’Brien has poked fun at his former employer NBC over its handling of President Donald Trump’s town hall – a dig that drew comparisons to the way the network bungled The Tonight Show succession.The late-night host tweeted, “I can’t remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision.”This comes ten years after O’Brien left The Tonight Show in January 2010, a mere seven months after he got the gig.

NBC News will proceed as scheduled with its town hall with President Trump tonight, even after backlash from current and former employees, as well as Hollywood talent that work with the company.

Residents packed a town hall in a tiny western Minnesota community to voice opposition to plans by a controversial Nordic heritage church that has been identified as a White supremacist group. The Asatru Folk Assembly bought an abandoned Lutheran church in the Swift County town of Murdock and wants a permit to turn it into a Midwest regional gathering hall.

hereHis doctors gave him an experimental cocktail of drugs and remdesivir, which has been proven to be effective in treating the most seriously-ill patients with coronavirus.As a result of his coronavirus-positive status, it had seemed that the second debate may be at risk of not happening, unless he tested negative.But it has been announced the candidates will “participate from separate remote locations”, while the participants and moderator remain in Miami, the commission said.The debate is

failed to denounce white supremacy during his first debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, instead telling the Proud Boys to “Stand back, stand by” — a slogan the group quickly adopted and promoted on its social media.In response, LGBTQ people on Twitter have taken it upon themselves to ensure that Proud Boys content on the social media site is buried underneath dozens upon dozens of images of gay men kissing one another and living their best lives.Actor and activist George Takei

Lorraine Kelly has reclaimed the name Proud Boys in a pro- LGBTQ community Instagram snap after the name was used by an American far-right group. The Glasgow -born television presenter reposted a picture of herself in drag with the hashtag #proudboys as part of a recent photoshoot.

The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden may have been an incoherent mess, but one message came across loud and clear: the President of the United States just could not bring himself to explicitly condemn white supremacy — which is as good as endorsing it, if you ask us.

with hair in the shape of a swastika with the visage of Adolf Hitler at the side; the caption read, “Trump’s allegiances couldn’t have been any clearer in that debate if his hair were on fire — and it was.”Also Read: Get Your 1st Look at Jim Carrey's Joe Biden on 'SNL' (Video)The critical cartoons are in response to the president’s failure to condemn white supremacy and militia groups during Tuesday’s presidential debate and, instead, his decision to tell the Proud Boys — an FBI-designated

Also Read: Proud Boys Celebrate Trump's 'Stand Back and Stand By' Comments During DebateCruz said he wished the president “had been much clearer,” but pivoted to accusing the media of hypocrisy around the issue: “The press is partisan in this regard. Ten years ago — 2010 — Joe Biden gave a eulogy for Robert Byrd, who was a Grand Cyclops of the KKK.

Also Read: Vice Media Co-Founder Sues Southern Poverty Law Center, Accuses It of Defamation“What he did after that – including founding the Proud Boys in 2016 –  had nothing to do with Vice, our values or our people,” she went on.

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