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Several prominent Republicans denounced Trump for associating with Nick Fuentes.

Last week, former United States President Donald Trump held a private dinner between himself and two controversial figures: rapper Ye, who has recently made multiple antisemitic comments, and Nick Fuentes, a prominent white nationalist, Holocaust denier, and white supremacist as labeled by the Anti-Defamation League.

Having a casual sitdown with these extremely controversial individuals, Fuentes in particular, has proven deeply unpopular with multiple prominent members of the GOP, who have publicly denounced and distanced themselves from Trump.

“There is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. “And anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States.”

“I don’t think anybody should be spending any time with Nick Fuentes. He has no place in this Republican Party,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “I think President Trump came out four times and condemned him and didn’t know who he was.” Reporters pointed out that Trump had not condemned him previously, merely denying he knew who he was, to which McCarthy responded “Well, I condemn his ideology, it has no place in society; at all.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said anyone meeting with people advocating anti-Semitism or white supremacy — like former President Trump did last week — is "in my judgment, highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States." https://t.co/NRq7aqRPhG

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“Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and Holocaust denier a seat at the table,” former United States Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview with News Nation Now. “And I think he should apologize for it, and he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification.”