Why does he refuse to condemn them?

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(10-07-2020, 10:22 AM)PhilHos Wrote: Trump said Minnesotans have good genes. To claim it meant anything else is twisting his words. You're claiming he means all non-Somali Minnesotans have good genes, that's the very definition of twisting his words. 

Now, if you want to use his other speeches to claim that he doesn't actually believe that ALL Minnesotans have good genes, go ahead. But, to claim that when he said "Minnesotans have good genes" he's saying something other than "Minnesotans have good genes" you are twisting his words.

Isn't that the issue though?  One speech does not happen in a vacuum.  Maybe Trump meant EXACTLY what he said when he said it but when taken with other things he has said an inference can be made.  People can call that "Twisting" but I'd more akin it to adding substance and perspective to the words he said.

If a national leader gave speech after speech about the "bad" people in a country.  Blamed all the problems on one group, said they were doing bad things and should be forced to leave but then gave a speech to supporters saying "we have a wonderful country filled with good people like you" we would know he meant the people in front of him were good but not the ones he was talking about before.