He’s being more obvious in his racism to rile up his base.
Seeking to shore up his standing in the suburbs, President Trump turned to issues of fair housing and zoning.
— CNN (@CNN) July 17, 2020
He attacked a rule meant to combat segregation and claimed Washington Democrats want to assume control of local zoning decisions. https://t.co/69fTv7UVkd
barely veiled and *very dated* racial code, too: many of the suburbs that have rejected Trump are not the overwhelmingly white, city-hating communities they might have been in the 1980shttps://t.co/DPwkaC0VK3
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) July 16, 2020
This is what every block-busting racist real estate agent said to white homeowners to encourage white flight from cities in the 60s and 70s. This is the racism that contributed to the entrenched, devastating segregation of our cities. And it is vile beyond words. https://t.co/C0FGJBzqTs
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) July 16, 2020
Trump, again speaking in barely veiled racial code, again ridiculously accuses Democrats of trying to "abolish our beautiful and successful suburbs." He says, "Your home will go down in value and crime rates will rapidly rise."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 16, 2020
Only because they're worried about the election, of course. https://t.co/0vvmTwNSWP
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 8, 2020
NEW: President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tensions as a reelection weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white resentment and aiming to drive his supporters to the polls https://t.co/hLomBNTHPD
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 8, 2020
"Master bedrooms" in our homes. "Blacklists" and "whitelists" in computing. The idiom "sold down the river" in our everyday speech.
— CNN (@CNN) July 6, 2020
Some of these terms are directly rooted in the nation's history with slavery. Others evoke racist ideas about Black people. https://t.co/XJDsdP17xM
Even Mississippi has abandoned the Confederate flag, but Trump explicitly defends it, playing to a smaller and smaller slice of the nation. @maggieNYT https://t.co/4G40iuNCBB
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 6, 2020
Sad! 