“For him to fail even to condemn Nazis or even to talk about white supremacy as a problem in this country, to me, that is being complicit in the violence that is happening, and I find that unacceptable and repugnant,” Booker, a 2020 presidential candidate, said during a CNN town hall in Orangeburg, S.C.
“I will be a president that faces the threats to this country, including violence coming from right-wing extremist groups.”
Booker on Wednesday also criticized the Department of Homeland Security’s 2017 decision to cut grant money from some organizations that counter violent extremism.
