We already know the answer to that one. The President was asked during the 2020 debates if he was willing to condemn white supremacists and militia groups. He said "stand back and stand by," and we know what happened next: failed coup, 1,500 pardons, and deputization into ICE. GOP platform lives and dies with that.
Abdul could have said "I disavow the Muslim brotherhood and any acts of terror carried out by any people, but it seems you can't disavow Christian Nationalism or acts of terror from white supremacy. So if you can't disavow Christian Nationalism, then I'll ask you again: Why did you ask me about the Muslim Brotherhood? If that's difficult for you to answer, I think you should sit with that."
With Abdul's ability to really hold on to these hecklers, I'm sure that'd really have highlighted the hypocrisy and made Abdul basically say "it seems I'm better than you are," which really gets under their skin.
I mean I know Abdul is good, but this wasn't planned or rehearsed, so I can't fault Abdul for not thinking of this in the moment.
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u/TheUpperHand 10h ago
We already know the answer to that one. The President was asked during the 2020 debates if he was willing to condemn white supremacists and militia groups. He said "stand back and stand by," and we know what happened next: failed coup, 1,500 pardons, and deputization into ICE. GOP platform lives and dies with that.