During the segment of race and violence issue in the first US Presidential debate, Republican Party nominee Donald Trump refused to call out white supremacists who have been allegedly promoting systemic racism. He said that it was a left wing problem, and not a right wing one.

“You repeatedly criticise the vice president (Joe Biden) for not specifically calling out left wing groups including Antifa (a political protest group). Will you tell the supremacist and militia groups that they need to stand down and not add to the violence in cities, as we saw in Kenosha,” moderator Chris Wallace asked.

Trump said, “I would say that almost everything I see is from the left wing and not the right. I am willing to do anything.”

“Give me a name. But I will tell you someone has to do something about Antifa and the left wing. The right wing is not a problem,” he further said, while softly asking the white supremacist groups to stand back.

Trump criticised Biden for his role in crafting the 1994 crime bill.