Clinton: Public racism becoming more 'politically acceptable'
Source: The Hill
BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 11/22/17 09:18 AM EST
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in an interview on Wednesday that it has become more "politically acceptable" to air racist views in the age of President Trump.
"I think there are people who are unfortunately kind of reverting back to rather virulent attitudes about race in part because I think that its become politically acceptable, no longer politically correct to try to overcome our own feelings that often block us from seeing each other as fellow human beings," Clinton said on the "Hugh Hewitt Show."
"I think there has proven to be more white supremacists and white nationalists than I wish there were in our country, as we saw tragically in Charlottesville and other places," she continued. And they have made common cause with the presidents agenda out of their own mouth that he is someone that they are counting on to promote it," she said.
Clinton's comments come as racial tensions in the U.S. have risen over the past year.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/361517-clinton-public-racism-becoming-more-politically-acceptable
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)I WILL say something!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)must agree.
I start with I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE ASSUME I AM AS RACIST AS THEY ARE
I don't tolerate that shit, AT ALL
CrispyQ
(36,509 posts)The GOP should have smacked that shit down back then. Instead, they let her stoke the hate. They got in bed with the racists & zealots & have lost control of their party. This is the key difference between now & other tense times in our country's history: the GOP no longer cares about the country, only staying in power, & paying back their wealthy contributors.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Link to tweet
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RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)I thought Don King was a Donnie suck-up? Do Donnie's racist supporters know that? Does Donnie know that?