New HHS spokesman made racist tweets

Racism among Trump employees is not new.

Caputo is counting on surviving this and keeping his job by doubling down, telling you to GFY, and shrugging it off.

And it'll work. https://t.co/3tUeZJLA93
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 26, 2020

Trump‘s new health spokesman accused George Soros and the Rothschild family of seeking to exploit the pandemic for control and to advance their agendas. https://t.co/Y0BnGPuCXH
— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) April 23, 2020

Commend CNN for calling racism by its rightful name. https://t.co/LwKjJsgUj6
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) April 23, 2020

And just for good measure, he repeats the "maybe a bioweapon" business, before getting the racism. https://t.co/eRmlu4Eu9N
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 23, 2020

HHS Spox Michael Caputo Deletes Slew of Tweets Featuring Coronavirus Denial, Conspiracy Theories, Racist Comments About China https://t.co/rmshj9xEyX
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 23, 2020

Most black voters say Trump is racist

I certainly agree. The man is a terrible bigot.

8 in 10 black voters say President Trump is racist, a new poll shows https://t.co/2NsD17nCHk pic.twitter.com/PVZ1CilVW5
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 20, 2020

Donald Trump is the most outwardly racist President that we have seen in generations and African Americans voters aren't blind to that. He uses his megaphone to divide people, spew racism, and give cover to white supremacists.

– @MSNBC @11thHour @BWilliams pic.twitter.com/FMDMSScdgF
— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) January 18, 2020

A new Post poll shows sharp dislike of Trump among black voters even as he claims black Americans are flooding the GOP. There's an interesting question in the middle. https://t.co/yKJt7HBW53
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 18, 2020

President Trump’s job approval rating among black voters via new Quinnipiac poll:

6% approve
92% disapprove
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 9, 2020

Reagan was a racist

Republican racism didn’t start with Trump. Racists migrated from the Democratic party to the Republican party starting in the 1960s when Democrats got civil rights laws approved. None of this is surprising and they should not have withheld it from the public for so long.

The 37th president of the united states and the 40th president of the united states having a good laugh about how black people are monkeys. https://t.co/lBch22a2zH pic.twitter.com/sPjWSkz1cx
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) July 30, 2019

Reagan called President Nixon to slur Africans as "monkeys." Of course there are tapes. https://t.co/kee80PJLCl
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 31, 2019

Analysis: The new Reagan tapes are ugly, but not surprising, to a lot of black Americans https://t.co/2MLb3q5bmB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 31, 2019

In addition to the substance of the racist remarks being interesting, the fact that they remained hidden for decades to protect Reagan's "privacy" and his legacy is very notable: https://t.co/uuahSEmslj
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 31, 2019

Significant diff: even after dog-whistle “welfare Cadillac” campaigns, Reagan knew that in public, as prez, he was supposed to pay homage to the ideal of an inclusive country. Thus his valedictory pro-immigration speech.

Hypocritical, maybe, but better than what we’ve got now
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) July 30, 2019

Fox News poll on Trump’s racist tweets

Here’s an except from the Reliable Sources newsletter by CNN’s Brian Stelter last night and the email I sent him:

From the newsletter:

New polling about Trump’s racist tweets

Some newsworthy results from this new Fox News poll:

— 63% of Americans say Trump’s racist tweets “crossed the line.”
— 56% say saying “go back” is a racist thing to say to people of color.
— Only 34% say Trump respects racial minorities.

What I wrote to him:

To:brian.stelter@turner.comJul 26 at 12:50 PM
I appreciate your excellent newsletter and know it is difficult to work in an environment where the president of the country lies all the time.
In your coverage of the Fox News poll on Trump’s racist tweets, I think you should have noted that the numbers you cited represent the majority but the views of Republicans were very different.
The poll showed (per the article you linked to):
53% of Republicans think the tweets were an acceptable political attack
33% of Republicans think the tweets crossed the line
21% of Republicans think the language is racist while 45% do not and 30% say it depends.
68% (which is lower since apparently more Republicans see that Trump is bigoted) think Trump respects minorities
To me, most Republicans fall in to one of two categories.
They are
1) racists or
2) willing to tolerate racism
Other polls have shown that Trump’s support among Republicans is around 90% and very few Republican elected officials pushed back against Trump’s racist remarks.

Only 18% of Trump voters agree that “go back” is racist

More proof that the Trump cult members are:

racists or
willing to tolerate racism

87% of Clinton 16 voters say it's racist to tell a person of color to "go back." Just 18% of Trump voters agree. https://t.co/nJSv0IWWXC
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 26, 2019

The first major poll of reactions to Trump's racist tweets finds that most Americans thought they were racist.

The poll was from Fox. Fox didn't cover that result. https://t.co/37puCF1JwL
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 25, 2019

Again, big congrats to everyone who wrote the “actually Trump’s ‘send her home’ rally and tweets will be good for him” takes. pic.twitter.com/yySvXeyjbp
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 25, 2019

The majority of Republicans approve of Trump’s racist tweets

82 percent of Republicans agree with Trump’s racist tweets. Once again:

All Trump supporters are:

racists or
willing to tolerate racism

This problem won’t go away once Trump is gone. The Republican Party is now the party of racism. Very few Republican legislators criticized Trump’s tweets.

New CBS poll:

By 59-40, Americans disagree with sentiments in Trump's attacks on nonwhite lawmakers

That includes 58% of *independents*

By 48-34, Americans say the tweets are "racist"https://t.co/TxyaHFzRmm

Trump ripped lid off what's really driving his immigration agenda: https://t.co/FC7O2N7dVI
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 21, 2019

From the CBS poll: ” Most of those in agreement with the president are from his party, with 82% of Republicans agreeing, including 47% who strongly agree with the statements.”

NEW: A solid majority of Americans call Trump's tweets targeting four congresswomen 'un-American.' But 57% of Republicans say they agree with him. @USATODAY @Ipsos Poll https://t.co/5HzSCxfSMV via @usatoday
— Susan Page (@SusanPage) July 17, 2019

USA Today poll:

68% believe Trump’s tweets were offensive
59% believe Trump’s tweets are “un-American”
65% believe what Trump said is racist, including a plurality of Republicans (45-34%)

And people are still arguing this was a win for Trump? Seriously?
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 17, 2019

New USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll:

Overwhelming majority of IND voters say Trump tweets were offensive and that telling people what he did is racist. Majority even go so far as to say it is flat-out UN-AMERICAN.

Couple that with Reuters poll that showed 10 point drop in IND support. pic.twitter.com/QrmmRo6QvV
— Eric Schmeltzer (@JustSchmeltzer) July 17, 2019

The American public opposes nearly every element of Trump's approach to immigration, from the underlying presumptions to the specific policies. Yet, he continues to thumb his nose at the public and does far worse to immigrants themselves. (@MarkMellman) https://t.co/wMtyRiiWU5
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) July 17, 2019

But don’t forget this:

JUST IN: Republican support for Trump rises after racially charged tweets: Reuters/Ipsos poll https://t.co/iKT7Kpkk8a pic.twitter.com/iKd3b9lNAa
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 16, 2019

Trump’s history of racism

a good summary

Trump's History of Racism:
1. Housing discrimination
2. Central Park 5
3. Casino workers discrimination
3. Birtherism
4. Mexicans are rapists
5. Ban on Muslims
6. "Very fine people" in Charlottesville
7. Black athletes "SOBs"
8. Black countries "shitholes"
9. "Send Her Back"
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 18, 2019

"Racist" tweets? News media grapple with how to label Trump’s latest attacks https://t.co/csjLIyBVlo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 15, 2019

I call them racist

Over decades, from proposing a "blacks" versus "whites" version of The Apprentice to claiming anti-Semitism when the Palm Beach zoning board tried to block him from making Mar-a-Lago a club, Trump has seen advantages in stoking race. Our story > https://t.co/szv0bhHq2j
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 20, 2019