I don't think they will listen to him because he was only the leader of their movement. So, likely they will continue to harm and harass minorities. However, minorities are not unarmed. Minorities will find ways to fight back over time. I think Trump has released the gremlins in America, the Nazis and KKK and White Supremicists on the whole nation. I think he's completely lost control of what will happen next.
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'I
am so saddened to hear that,' he told Lesley Stahl on '60 Minutes' when
she said Latinos and Muslims are facing harassment, before telling …
Trump to supporters harassing minorities: 'Stop it'
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Story highlights
- In his first sit-down TV interview since his win, Trump expands on policy positions
- He will focus on deporting undocumented immigrants with criminal records
Washington (CNN)Donald
Trump on Sunday told his supporters to stop harassing minorities, in
his first televised sit-down interview since becoming President-elect.
"I am so saddened to hear that," Trump told CBS' Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes"
when she said Latinos and Muslims are facing harassment. "And I say,
'Stop it.' If it -- if it helps, I will say this, and I will say right
to the cameras: 'Stop it.'"
Trump
directed his comments to his own supporters whom Stahl said have
written racist slogans or chanted degrading messages -- particularly in
schools. It was a powerful appeal to a nation ripped apart by the
divisive 2016 campaign. Trump's election has left Democrats angry and
many minorities fearful about the future.
Yet Trump also criticized the protests that have broken out in cities across the United States since his defeat of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.
Trump
said he's seen "a very small amount" -- including "one or two
instances" -- of racial slurs being directed at minorities, particularly
in largely white schools, since his election.
"I would say don't do it, that's terrible, because I'm going to bring this country together," Trump said.
Richard
Cohen, President of the Southern Poverty Law Canter told CNN's "New
Day" on Monday that there have been more that 300 incidents that their
organization has recorded.
"He needs to take a little bit more responsibility for what's happening," Cohen said.
As
for anti-Trump protests, Trump said, "I think it's horrible if that's
happening. I think it's built up by the press because, frankly, they'll
take every single little incident that they can find in this country,
which could've been there before. If I weren't even around doing this,
and they'll make into an event because that's the way the press is."
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Demonstrators march down Second Avenue in Seattle on November 9.
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respond to a fire set by anti-Trump protesters in Oakland, California,
on November 9. Police said some protesters threw Molotov cocktails,
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Trump protesters take to the streets in Philadelphia on November 9.
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A protester holds up a "Dump Trump" sign in downtown Seattle on November 9.
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Thousands
march down Fifth Avenue in New York on November 9. Authorities
estimated as many as 5,000 people protested Trump's victory outside
Trump Tower.
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Protesters rally against Trump in New York's Union Square on November 9.
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Demonstrators march past Radio City Music Hall in New York on November 9.
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People listen to speakers protesting Trump's election in Seattle on November 9.
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woman argues with police officers during a protest in New York on
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Sasha Savenko, left, and Sydney Kane join thousands of protesters in Seattle on November 9.
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Crowds rally outside Trump Tower in New York on November 9.
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Charles Watkins speaks out at an anti-Trump protest in Denver on November 9.
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Demonstrators
distribute safety pins as a sign of solidarity against intolerance
during a rally against US President-elect Donald Trump in Union Square
on Saturday, November 12, in New York. At least 25 US cities have seen protests since Trump won the presidential election.
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Demonstrators
march to Trump Tower in Chicago on November 12 as marches continue
across the United States against the policies of President-elect Donald
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People protest President-elect Donald Trump during a march on Friday, November 11, in downtown Miami.
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A Donald Trump protester is arrested after marching in the street on Sixth Avenue on November 11 in New York.
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Hundreds of Donald Trump protesters hold a demonstration in Washington Square Park in New York on November 11.
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A
man walks by anti-Trump graffiti in downtown Oakland, California, on
November 11. Thousands of protesters have wreaked havoc on the city
during anti-Trump marches, causing vandalism, fires and destruction of
property.
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People in Denver hold signs protesting President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, November 10.
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A large crowd gathers at the University of Minnesota to protest Trump on November 10.
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A
protester kicks the window of a Bank of America branch in Portland,
Oregon, on November 10. What started out as a peaceful march with more
than 4,000 people quickly turned violent.
Portland police publicly declared a "riot" because of "extensive
criminal and dangerous behavior," according to posts on the department's
Twitter page.
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Demonstrators flood the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles on November 10.
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People demonstrate in Denver on November 10.
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Police officers stand guard as they slowly clear Trump protesters from the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles on November 10.
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Demonstrators protest in Denver on November 10.
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Police officers look on as someone protests in Portland on November 10.
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Trump protesters march toward Interstate 94 in Minneapolis on November 10.
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Numerous cars at a Toyota dealership were smashed as people protested in Portland on November 10.
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Trump protesters chant outside the White House on November 10.
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Protesters set an effigy of Trump on fire outside Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday, November 9.
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Demonstrators march down Second Avenue in Seattle on November 9.
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A protester yells during an anti-Trump rally in Boston on November 9.
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Police
respond to a fire set by anti-Trump protesters in Oakland, California,
on November 9. Police said some protesters threw Molotov cocktails,
rocks and fireworks at officers.
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Clair Sheehan takes part in a protest in downtown Seattle on November 9.
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A crowd gathers in front of the White House for a candlelight vigil on November 9.
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Protesters in Chicago display anti-Trump signs near the Trump International Hotel and Tower on November 9.
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One demonstrator consoles another during a protest at Washington Square Park in New York on November 9.
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Trump protesters take to the streets in Philadelphia on November 9.
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A protester holds up a "Dump Trump" sign in downtown Seattle on November 9.
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Thousands
march down Fifth Avenue in New York on November 9. Authorities
estimated as many as 5,000 people protested Trump's victory outside
Trump Tower.
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Protesters rally against Trump in New York's Union Square on November 9.
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Demonstrators march past Radio City Music Hall in New York on November 9.
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People listen to speakers protesting Trump's election in Seattle on November 9.
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November 9. Erin Michelle Threlfall, the woman pictured, told The Huffington Post she was attempting to intervene on behalf of a man she says the police were beating.
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Demonstrators gather before the start of an anti-Trump rally on Boston Common on November 9.
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Sasha Savenko, left, and Sydney Kane join thousands of protesters in Seattle on November 9.
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Crowds rally outside Trump Tower in New York on November 9.
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Charles Watkins speaks out at an anti-Trump protest in Denver on November 9.
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Demonstrators
distribute safety pins as a sign of solidarity against intolerance
during a rally against US President-elect Donald Trump in Union Square
on Saturday, November 12, in New York. At least 25 US cities have seen protests since Trump won the presidential election.
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Demonstrators
march to Trump Tower in Chicago on November 12 as marches continue
across the United States against the policies of President-elect Donald
Trump.
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People protest President-elect Donald Trump during a march on Friday, November 11, in downtown Miami.
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A Donald Trump protester is arrested after marching in the street on Sixth Avenue on November 11 in New York.
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Hundreds of Donald Trump protesters hold a demonstration in Washington Square Park in New York on November 11.
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A
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November 11. Thousands of protesters have wreaked havoc on the city
during anti-Trump marches, causing vandalism, fires and destruction of
property.
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People in Denver hold signs protesting President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, November 10.
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A large crowd gathers at the University of Minnesota to protest Trump on November 10.
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A
protester kicks the window of a Bank of America branch in Portland,
Oregon, on November 10. What started out as a peaceful march with more
than 4,000 people quickly turned violent.
Portland police publicly declared a "riot" because of "extensive
criminal and dangerous behavior," according to posts on the department's
Twitter page.
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Demonstrators flood the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles on November 10.
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People demonstrate in Denver on November 10.
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Here are seven topics Trump addressed the interview:
FBI review
In the wide-ranging interview Trump also said he's still deciding whether to ask FBI Director James Comey for his resignation.
Trump
demurred when asked about his plans for Comey -- whose decision to end
the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server was widely
panned by Republicans.
Clinton: First FBI letter stopped campaign momentum 05:46
"I
think that I would rather not comment on that yet," Trump said. "I
haven't made up my mind. I respect him a lot. I respect the FBI a lot.
... There's been a lot of leaking, there's no question about that. But I
would certainly like to talk to him."
He
admitted he isn't sure about Comey's future. "I'd want to see, you
know, he may have had very good reasons for doing what he did," Trump
said. Comey has more than six years to go in his ten-year term.
Trump also balked when asked whether he'd carry out his campaign pledge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton.
He
said Clinton "did some bad things" and that he's "going to think about
it" -- but that he is more eager to focus on health care, immigration
and other policy matters.
Moore calls for special prosecutor to probe Comey 02:47
"I
don't want to hurt them," Trump said of the Clintons, noting he'd
spoken to both Hillary and Bill Clinton since his victory. "They're good
people. I don't want to hurt them. And I will give you a very, very
good and definitive answer the next time we do '60 Minutes' together,'"
he said.
Hillary Clinton has cited Comey's late-campaign season disclosures as a reason for her loss.
The former secretary of state told donors in a conference call Saturday
that Comey delivered a double whammy to her candidacy in the final days
of the campaign by taking another look at emails related to Clinton's
private server before abruptly saying he found no wrongdoing.
In
the interview, Trump also discussed lobbyists' role in his transition,
his distaste for the Electoral College and the future of the Trump
business brand. And he waded into how abortion and gun rights would be
affected by his Supreme Court nominations.
Same-sex marriage and abortion
Trump
said he's "fine" with same-sex marriage remaining legal across the
country, and wouldn't appoint Supreme Court judges with the goal of
reversing that ruling.
"It's irrelevant because it was already settled. It's law. It was settled in the Supreme Court. I mean it's done," Trump said.
He added: "These cases have gone to the Supreme Court. They've been settled. And I'm -- I'm fine with that."
Trump also pledged to appoint judges who oppose abortion rights and oppose restrictions on Second Amendment gun rights.
If
Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, were
overturned, Trump said, decisions on whether to legalize or ban abortion
would return to states.
Women
seeking abortions whose state has banned them will "perhaps have to go
-- they'll have to go to another state," Trump said.
"We'll see what happens. It's got a long way to go, just so you understand. That has a long, long way to go," he said.
Deporting undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes
Trump
did not repeat his campaign promise to deport all undocumented
immigrants, pledging to focus first on deporting illegal immigrants who
have committed crimes in the United States.
"What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers," he said.
"We
have a lot of these people, probably 2 million, it could be even 3
million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to
incarcerate."
He said he still plans to build a US-Mexico border wall.
"After
the border is secured and after everything gets normalized, we're going
to make a determination on the people that you're talking about who are
terrific people," he said.
House
Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday that despite Trump's campaign rhetoric,
lawmakers were not about to form a deportation force to round-up and
deport undocumented immigrants. The focus was on securing the border
instead, he told CNN.
Draining the swamp
Trump's
rallying cry on the campaign trail was that he'd "drain the swamp" in
Washington. But so far, Trump's transition team is filled with the usual
suspects -- lobbyists and longtime Washington hands.
Trump
didn't chafe at that characterization of his transition team.
"Everybody's a lobbyist down there," he said, referring to Washington.
"That's
the problem with the system -- the system. Right now, we're going to
clean it up. We're having restrictions on foreign money coming in, we're
going to put on term limits, which a lot of people aren't happy about,
but we're putting on term limits. We're doing a lot of things to clean
up the system. But everybody that works for government, they then leave
government and they become a lobbyist, essentially. I mean, the whole
place is one big lobbyist," Trump said.
He said relying on those lobbyists now while planning to eliminate them later is no contradiction.
"I'm saying that they know the system right now, but we're going to phase that out. You have to phase it out," Trump said.
Fighting ISIS
Trump
stuck by his often-mocked claim that he knows more than American
generals about fighting ISIS -- despite having no experience in
government, the military or elected office before winning Tuesday's
presidential contest.
Asked if he
still feels he knows more, Trump said: "I'll be honest with you, I
probably do because look at the job they've done. OK, look at the job
they've done. They haven't done the job.
"Now, maybe it's leadership, maybe it's something else. Who knows? All I can tell you is we're going to get rid of ISIS."
Ditching the Electoral College
Trump won more electoral votes than Clinton -- but he didn't win the popular vote.
Still, he says, he favors ditching the Electoral College and handing the presidency to the winner of the popular vote.
"I'm
not going to change my mind just because I won. But I would rather see
it where you went with simple votes. you know, you get 100 million votes
and somebody else gets 90 million votes and you win. There's a reason
for doing this because it brings all the states into play," Trump said.
On the Trump brand
Trump
and his children both said they're not sweating any negative impact on
their family's businesses resulting from a long and contentious campaign
-- or from backlash to the President-elect.
"I don't think it matters. This is so much more important, and more serious," Ivanka Trump said.
Her
father added, "I think what Ivanka's trying to say, 'Who cares? Who
cares?' This is big league stuff. ... We're going to save our country. I
don't care about hotel occupancy. It's peanuts compared to what we're
doing."
Trump isn't putting his
family's business in a blind trust -- leaving it to his children instead
-- but does plan to turn down the salary typically paid to presidents.
"I've
never commented on this, but the answer is no. I think I have to by law
take $1, so I'll take $1 a year. But it's a -- I don't even know what
it is," Trump said, before turning to Stahl and asking, "Do you know
what the salary is?"
When Stahl told Trump it is $400,000 per year, he said, "No, I'm not going to take the salary. I'm not taking it."
Trump
also signaled he has no real plans to change his tone -- even though
it's seen by many as evidence of a man too combustible for the
presidency.
"Well, sometimes you
need a certain rhetoric to get people motivated," Trump said. "I don't
want to be just a little nice monotone character, and in many cases I
will be."
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