Trump is a racist conspiracy theorist. Don’t let him lie his way out
By Greg Sargent
September 16 at 9:17 AM
This morning, Donald Trump announced on Fox Business Channel that he will deliver a “statement” later today about his longtime efforts to fuel racist conspiracy theories about the birthplace of the first African American president of the United States. This comes after Trump refused once again in an interview with the Post to say whether he believes Barack Obama is American, and after his campaign subsequently released a statement claiming that, in fact, he does believe that Obama was born in the United States.
There is going to be a lot of confusion today over what Trump does or doesn’t believe. But let’s not let two basic facts get lost in this discussion:
1) Trump has actively trafficked in this racist conspiracy theory for years, and not only that, he continued to feed it this year, even as he was running for the GOP nomination for president.
2) All indications are that Trump conceived of his birtherism as an explicitly racist appeal. While the true nature of Trump’s actual beliefs is important, since it goes to his fitness to serve as president, it’s also important that Trump explicitly tried to feed what he himself appeared to believe were racist tendencies among Republican primary voters, for political purposes ...
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