I was listening to the radio today when I heard someone ask a NYT journalist why the former president would spread lies / conspiracy theories about Haitian immigrants during the presidential debate with VP Kamala Harris, effectively doubling-down — as he often does — when challenged on the facts.
The journalist gave a wordy, unmemorable, polite answer as is common on TV.
But the answer is simple: Mr. Trump is a racist.
In the presidential debate this week, he boasted a lie that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are eating pet cats and dogs, because he is a racist.
In the same debate, he expressed no regrets for calling for the death penalty for 5 Black kids even though they were found innocent in the Central Park Jogger case, because he is a racist.
He began his political career, which had not existed prior, by spreading the Obama birther lie, because he is a racist.
In an Oval Office meeting, he called African countries “shit hole” countries, because he is a racist.
He called neo-nazis “fine people” after they marched in Charlottesville, screaming “Jews will not replace us!” because he is a racist.
He instituted a Muslim ban during his first weeks in office, because he is a racist.
He said that Judge Curiel, the judge in the fraud case against Trump University, could not be impartial because he is of Mexican heritage, because he is a racist.
He shakes his fist about immigration in lieu of working on immigration (a real problem) not because he cares about the economic impact but because he is a racist.
He targeted Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, effectively destroying their lives, because he is a racist.
Mr. Trump is a racist, and he uses his racism to fuel anger, resentment and division for his own personal gain. And his racist behavior provides cover for others.
The fight over Critical Race Theory (CRT) was racist.
Book bans are xenophobic, homophobic and racist.
The fights today over DEI in education are racist, and it is infuriating to watch Kentucky’s universities bowing to the pressure.
In the opening minutes of Mr. Trump’s recent interview with the Association of Black Journalists, he was hostile, vulgar, and disrespectful of the Black women interviewing him and said about VP Kamala Harris, “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?”
It’s not like there is some looming mystery to solve. He behaved this way and spoke in this manner because he is a racist.
Racist.
Not racially charged, not racially motivated, not tinged with racism. The word you are looking for is ‘racist’.
