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Trueblue1968

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October 1, 2020

Trump's long history of racism, 1970s to 2020.Trump repeatedly claimed he's "the least racist person

If you ask Donald Trump, he isn’t racist. To the contrary, he’s repeatedly said that he’s “the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered.” Trump’s actual record, however, tells a very different story.

On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly made explicitly racist and otherwise bigoted remarks, from calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, to proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the US, to suggesting a judge should recuse himself from a case solely because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.

The trend has continued into his presidency. From stereotyping a Black reporter to pandering to white supremacists after they held a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, to making a joke about the Trail of Tears, Trump hasn’t stopped with racist acts after his 2016 election.

Most recently, Trump has called the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus the “Chinese virus” and “kung flu” — racist terms that tap into the kind of xenophobia that he latched onto during his 2016 presidential campaign; Trump’s own adviser, Kellyanne Conway, previously called “kung flu” a “highly offensive” term. And Trump insinuated that Sen. Kamala Harris, who’s Black, “doesn’t meet the requirements” to run for vice president — a repeat of the birther conspiracy theory that he perpetuated about former President Barack Obama.

This is nothing new for Trump. In fact, the very first time Trump appeared in the pages of the New York Times, back in the 1970s, was when the US Department of Justice sued him for racial discrimination. Since then, he has repeatedly appeared in newspaper pages across the world as he inspired more similar controversies.

This long history is important. It would be one thing if Trump misspoke one or two times. But when you take all of his actions and comments together, a clear pattern emerges — one that suggests that bigotry is not just political opportunism on Trump’s part but a real element of his personality, character, and career.


THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STORY ...... PLEASE CLICK TO SEE THE DOZENS OF TRUMP'S RACIST ACTIONS FROM 1970'S TO PRESENT DAY .... https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-racism-history

September 23, 2020

RACHEL Now, I have never seen her SO mad.

TRUMP & CDC LIED AND THOUSANDS DIED .... APRIL 28TH.

I hope Donald RUMP is asked WHY he didl't let the CDC didn't safeguard the meat packing employees.

trump IS A MURDERERERERER.

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