At a rally in North Carolina last week, while President Trump criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar, the crowd broke into chants of “send her back.” That came after Trump tweeted earlier in the week that Omar and other Democratic lawmakers of color should “go back and help fix the totally broken […] Read more »
Trump Sets the Terms on Racial Division. Do Democrats Know What to Do?
… Until this past week, the 2020 field has generally tried to ignore the president’s incendiary language — talking about it, the thinking goes, only gives him more power. Instead, candidates have preferred to discuss policies, making the case for themselves by advocating changes in the criminal justice system or […] Read more »
Most Americans disagree with Trump’s “go back” tweets
The controversy around President Trump’s tweets last week comes at a time when nearly nine in 10 Americans see a nation divided along racial lines, and most believe the parties each hold different ideas about what makes a person an American. CONT. Fred Backus & Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Read more »
Why didn’t more congressional Republicans condemn Trump’s racist tweets about the ‘Squad’? This graph explains.
Is Donald Trump tightening his grip on the Republican Party? This week, only four House Republicans voted to condemn Trump’s latest questionable tweets — which may make it seem that the GOP is united behind Trump. But nearly 20 Republicans have unequivocally condemned Trump’s language in recent days. Their actions […] Read more »
Trump Employs an Old Tactic: Using Race for Gain
For the fourth season of “The Apprentice,” Donald J. Trump searched for a gimmick to bolster ratings. His idea was simple if explosive — pit an all-white team against an all-black team. “Do you like it?” he asked, previewing the concept on Howard Stern’s radio show in April 2005. “Yes,” […] Read more »
Trump didn’t introduce racism to conservative politics — but he’s cultivated and amplified it
There’s nothing new in American politics about the racial hostility President Trump has demonstrated this week. … In recent years, though, it’s been rare to see an elected official as prominent as the president of the United States make as overt an appeal to racial politics as Trump’s in recent […] Read more »