He’s pandering to the bigots in his cult.
Opinion: Trump is running an openly racist campaign https://t.co/Dzd2xI4sFS
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 5, 2020
Trump used most of his speech to dismiss the widespread anti-racism protests across the country as a leftist plot aimed at destroying the country https://t.co/8bt3hM5s4k
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 5, 2020
You mean to tell me a white woman from South Carolina had to inform a black U.S. senator from South Carolina that Donald Trump is a racist? https://t.co/wqNrmrPMma
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 5, 2020
“It's a fundamentally racist appeal that the president sees as his one path toward victory in his election effort. It is probably the most provocative and hateful set of speeches by an incumbent president in the post-war era.” — @carlbernstein on Trump's 4th of July speeches. pic.twitter.com/BaCchrgQkF
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) July 5, 2020
Media: @AprilDRyan to @AnaCabrera on @realDonaldTrump's messaging: "It's hard for this president to distance himself from being Racist-in-Chief at a time of racial reckoning. He has pulled close to white nationalists. While 'they' -to him- are those who think #BlackLivesMatter." pic.twitter.com/fS2mrZ96vE
— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) July 6, 2020