Would Trump pardon the Proud Boys?

The first time that Donald Trump said the words “Proud Boys” out loud — at least in public — came during the first presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle.

That was the moment in which moderator Chris Wallace challenged Trump to “condemn white supremacists and militia groups” and tell them to “stand down” — offered in response to Trump’s repeated demand that his opponent Joe Biden condemn “antifa.” Trump rejected the idea that the political right was a source of political violence before simply ceding the point.