"Stand Back and Stand By"

Nothing says Law and Order like a president who refuses to condemn white supremacists. This is the same Administration that's willing to defy a court order about conducting the census. This is someone who conducted a racist campaign of targeting 3.5 million black voters in 2016 to discourage them from voting.

Even Fox News can't spin the refusal.

[He] blew the biggest layup in the history of debates by not condemning white supremacists. I don't know if he didn't hear it, but he's got to clarify that right away. That's like, "Are you against evil?"

Heather Digby Parton sees a clear intention with a deranged debate performance.

[H]e's openly calling for violence and intimidation around the election. He may end up finally leaving office at the end of this ordeal, but it appears that he's prepared to leave a smoldering ruin of a country in his wake.

Update (October 1):  Amanda Marcotte offers her take on this lunatic.

[N]one of this is the behavior of a man who thinks he's winning. [Agent Orange] is lashing out because he knows he's a failure and a loser, and he's trying to hold that truth at arm's length with a torrent of lies and violent threats.

Update (October 9):  Fuckface during the September 29 debate:

[S]omebody has got to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem, this is a left-wing problem.

And now the FBI has announced arrests related to a plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer. 

In total, 12 people were arrested on Wednesday on state and federal charges. One day later, six men were charged in the alleged kidnapping plot.

The FBI said the alleged plot involved a Michigan militia. Suspects allegedly surveilled Whitmer's vacation home twice and discussed bringing her to a remote area in Wisconsin to face trial for "treason."

[Dear Leader has] repeatedly attacked Whitmer over her coronavirus restrictions. In April, the president called to "liberate Michigan." 

Update (October 18):  Fuckface continues to incite violence against Governor Whitmer. 

When the crowd started chanting "Lock her up," with absolutely no justification, [Dear Leader] smiled and repeated the phrase. Then he chillingly added: "Lock 'em all up."