'Repulsive' Racist Rhetoric

24 Jun, 2025

‘Repulsive’ Racist Rhetoric

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 Buck Banks

It’s not just the usual Trumpian racist attack,
Or the “birther” soundbites from that tired old soundtrack.
On stage at the NABJ,
Trump came up with something creative to say:
Kamala Harris isn’t Black, she “turned Black.”

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‘Repulsive’ Racist Rhetoric

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Poetic Justice

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— Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), quoted by Rolling Stone.

— Jonathan Bernstein

— Charlie Sykes

“As is so often the case, Donald Trump’s opponents are playing into his hands. This is exactly the kind of fight that Donald Trump loves, with his opponents carrying Mexican flags past burning cars.”

— Republican pollster Whit Ayres, quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

“Don’t kid yourself they know they are absolutely getting cooked politically with their terrible bill and rising prices, and they want to create a violent spectacle to feed their content machine. It’s time for the mainstream media to describe this authoritarian madness accurately.”

— Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), reacting on X to President Trump sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles.

Numerati

93%

379,000

60%

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds 60% of Americans think the U.S. military should not get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Only 16% support U.S. military action, and 24% are unsure.

45%

A new Washington Post poll finds Americans opposing U.S. airstrikes against Iran by a 20 percentage-point margin — 45 percent to 25 percent — with a sizable 30 percent saying they are unsure.

43% to 37%