Lisa Hagen, The Hill, November 22, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump told The New York Times on Tuesday that he doesn’t want to energize the “alt-right” movement.

Trump said he did not think he had energized the movement but that if they were energized he wanted to find out why.

“It’s not a group I want to energize,” Trump said, according to Times reporter Maggie Haberman. “And if they are energized, I want to look into it and find out why.”

Trump offered the comments during an on-the-record session with Times reporters and columnists. Times reporters are live-tweeting the event.

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