"The SPLC Has Designated The Proud Boys A Hate Group, With Their Ideology As Being 'General Hate'"

US President Donald Trump has been labelled a "national embarrassment" for failing to explicitly denounce white supremacist and far-right groups.

During the first presidential debate, Mr Trump was specifically asked to denounce groups such as the Proud Boys - but failed to do so.

[...] During the presidential debate on Wednesday, Mr Trump lashed out at the leftist Antifa movement and other participants for their sometimes violent protests against police abuse and racism over the past several months.

Antifa groups believe in aggressively confronting far-right groups, arguing the Nazis would never have achieved power if people had fought them in the streets in the 1920s. Among them are communists and anarchists, and groups who believe in confronting the police.

[...] WHO ARE THE PROUD BOYS? [...]

The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Proud Boys a hate group, with their ideology as being "general hate".