Clinton: Hard to ignore 'racial subtext of virtually everything Trump says'

[babylonsister]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/407048-clinton-hard-to-ignore-racial-subtext-of-virtually-everything-trump

Clinton: Hard to ignore 'racial subtext of virtually everything Trump says'
By Emily Birnbaum - 09/17/18 02:07 PM EDT


Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the new afterward for her book "What Happened" writes that it is hard to ignore the "racial subtext of virtually everything [President] Trump says."

"Trump doesn’t even try to pretend he’s a president for all Americans," Clinton writes in excerpts published by The Atlantic on Sunday. "It’s hard to ignore the racial subtext of virtually everything Trump says."

"Often, it’s not even subtext," she adds, noting Trump's comment widely denounced comment that Haitian and African immigrants are from “s---hole countries."

"None of this is a mark of authenticity or a refreshing break from political correctness," Clinton writes. "Hate speech isn’t 'telling it like it is.' It’s just hate."

The former Secretary of State begins the afterward with a denouncement of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy, which resulted in the separation of more than 2,000 migrant children from their parents at the Southern border.

"In the roughly 21 months since he took the oath of office, Trump has sunk far below the already-low bar he set for himself in his ugly campaign," Clinton writes. "Exhibit A is the unspeakable cruelty that his administration has inflicted on undocumented families arriving at the border, including separating children, some as young as eight months, from their parents."

Clinton notes data reported by The New York Times that indicates the administration continues to detain 12,800 children.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/407048-clinton-hard-to-ignore-racial-subtext-of-virtually-everything-trump

[lunasun]

1. ++100%

[mcar]

2. I'm so glad we are hearing from HRC

and that she didn't take some "advice" to go home and knit.

[NastyRiffraff]

5. She is so intelligent

We need to hear from her. People should have listened to her during the campaign, but they were too worried about emails and Benghazi.

[gratuitous]

3. Prediction

For the media outlets that deign to notice Secretary Clinton's remarks, you'll get the same expression as a dog watching a card trick.

[Ohiogal]

4. She should be our president ...

"Hate speech isn't telling it like it is ... it's just hate".

Brilliant.

[Garrett78]

6. That's true for Republicans in general going back 50+ years.

Trump is just more obvious. He knows that racism and sexism is all that's keeping the Republican Party alive/viable. What's amazing is that there are Democrats who don't realize that. As if right wing economic policy, right wing health care policy or right wing environmental policy has massive support. Absent racism and sexism, support for right wing policy would be insufficient. The GOP would cease to be viable.

Economic anxiety...LOL.

[oasis]

7. Crystal clear. nt