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Trump told Proud Boys ‘stand back and stand by.’ What does that actually mean? | The Angry Grammarian

Adverbs are essential to establishing what exactly Trump was asking the Proud Boys to do. So they deserve some scrutiny.

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.
President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.Read morePatrick Semansky / AP