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He named kkk. white supremacists. he called them repugnant. said they have no place in 21st century america and said it very strongly. i wonder as i listened to the statement and seeing the president come out and deliver it, not via tweet or via just a statement or through unnamed officials, i wonder if we saw the hand of the new cheech of staff to some degree john kelly there? a military man, perhaps with the authority to tell the president, this is what you have to do. i wonder if that's a sign of his new leadership in that white house? >> all right. everybody stay with us. we're going to ha...