Just stating David Duke and the KKK do not represent me , my campaign or my views in any way when questioned about it would have been enough , but he didn ' t even do that . Distancing yourself from hate groups is just called being a decent human being . He should disavow them because if he doesn ' t they can point to him , they are empowered , especially if he is directly questioned about whether he will disavow support as he was many times during his campaign and he instead avoids the topic . Okay , I have to chime in here That ' s just completely false . Here ' s what he has said over the years about this . 1991 I hate seeing what it David Duke getting 55 % of the white vote for Governor of Louisiana represents , but I guess it just shows there ' s a lot of hostility in this country . There ' s a tremendous amount of hostility in the United States . Feb 14 th , 2000 You ' ve got David Duke just joined the Reform Party a bigot , a racist , a problem . I mean , this is not exactly the people you want in your party . Feb 19 th , 2000 The Reform party now includes a Klansman , Mr . Duke , a neonazi , Mr . Buchanan , and a communist , Ms . Fulani . This is not company I wish to keep . Aug 26 th , 2015 I don ' t need his endorsement I certainly wouldn ' t want his endorsement , I don ' t need anyone ' s endorsement . And when asked if he ' d repudiate an endorsement from Duke , Trump replied , Sure . I would do that if it would make you feel better , I don ' t know anything about him . A lot of people like me . Republicans like me , liberals like me . Everybody likes me . Feb 26 th , 2016 I didn ' t even know he endorsed me . David Duke endorsed me ? OK . All right . I disavow . OK ? Feb 28 th , 2016 Well , just so you understand , I don ' t know anything about David Duke . OK ? I don ' t know anything about what you ' re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists . So , I don ' t know . I don ' t know any honestly , I don ' t know David Duke . I don ' t believe I have ever met him . I ' m pretty sure I didn ' t meet him . And I just don ' t know anything about him . Feb 29 th , 2016 I ' m sitting in a house in Florida with a very bad earpiece that they gave me . And you can hardly hear what he was saying . But what I heard was ' various groups . ' And I don ' t mind disavowing anybody , and I disavowed David Duke . And I disavowed him the day before at a major news conference . Now I go and I sit down again , I have a lousy earpiece that is provided by them . And frankly , he talked about ' groups . ' He also talked about groups . And I have no problem with disavowing groups but I ' d at least like to know who they are . March 3 rd , 2016 David Duke is a bad person , who I disavowed on numerous occasions over the years , I disavowed him . I disavowed the KKK . Do you want me to do it again for the 12 th time ? I disavowed him in the past , I disavow him now . Media Trump refuses to denounce David Duke and the KKK . Seriously , how many times does he have to do it ? That whole thing was complete lunacy . Edit More consistent date formatting .