Trump ‘Would Disavow’ Alleged White National Robocalls, But Explains ‘People Are Angry’

Last week, white nationalist leader Jared Taylor started popping up in robocalls urging people to vote for Donald Trump. In the robocall, according to WaPo, he says, “I urge you to vote for Donald Trump because he is the one candidate who points out that we should accept immigrants who are good for America. We don’t need Muslims. We need smart, well-educated white people who will assimilate to our culture. Vote Trump.”

Well, on CNN tonight, Erin Burnett asked him if that “shocks” him and if he would condemn it. Trump said that nothing shocked him anymore, but yes “I would disavow it.”

.@realDonaldTrump on white nationalist robocall: "Nothing in this country shocks me" https://t.co/WH0jHRWLO9 https://t.co/SGHHZkvlqF

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 14, 2016

That being said, Trump appeared to sympathize with the anger in the message, talking about a whole host of immigrant crime that he said fuels this kind of thing.

He concluded, “I would disavow that, but I will tell you, people are extremely angry.”

Watch above, via CNN.

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