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Donald Trump’s oldest son gave a 20-minute interview to a panel that included a radio host who wrote that slavery is the "greatest thing" that ever happened to African-Americans.
James Edwards — host of a radio show that has hosted leaders of the Ku Klux Klan, Holocaust deniers and neo-Nazis — was on a Super Tuesday episode of "The Liberty Roundtable" where he, along with host Sam Bushman and an additional co-host, interviewed Donald Trump Jr.
Edwards once wrote, “For blacks in the Americas, slavery is the greatest thing that ever happened to them. Unfortunately, it’s the worst thing that ever happened to white Americans,” Edwards wrote on his blog, citing a piece he said he read in the Jamaican Observer, however, the link he provided did not work.
The news of the interview with Trump's oldest son was first reported by New York Magazine on the heels of Donald Trump’s refusal to disavow white nationalist and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke and the KKK on CNN. He blamed a faulty earpiece for his failure to disavow Duke and the KKK.
Edwards did attend a Trump rally in Memphis “as a fully credentialed member of the media” and did a live broadcast from the event. Edwards praised Trump and encouraged his supporters to vote for him.
Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for Trump, told POLITICO in an email that Trump's son and the campaign "had no knowledge" of Edwards' views "and strongly condemns them."
"Donald Trump Jr. was not in attendance and although he served as a surrogate for his father on several radio programs over the past week, to his knowledge and that of the campaign, did not participate in an interview with this individual," she continued.
Sam Bushman, the host of "The Liberty Roundtable" told POLITICO that he set up the interview.
"We interviewed Donald Trump Jr. and it was a great broadcast," Bushman said. "It is true that James talked to Donald Trump Jr., as did I, as did my co-host.”
In a statement emailed to POLITICO, Edwards took issue with the way his work has been described.
"My show promotes a proud, paleoconservative Christian worldview, and we reject media descriptions of our work as 'white supremacist,' 'pro-slavery' and other such scare words," Edwards said.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/donald-trump-son-pro-slavery-host-interview-220120