I'm not KKK, I just want to preserve my heritage...

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

He definitely has not shown the capacity (or humanity necessary) to say "I was wrong about Trump and I find his use of racial hatred to polarize America and fire up his base disgusting," even though we now have direct quotes from Bannon saying just that (as if that were necessary after the Central Park Five, Birtherism, Judge Curiel, Mexicans are rapists, Muslim ban ...).

I'm not into selective indignation. I don't think Trump used "race hatred" to polarize America. I don't think Trump looked at the "birther" thing through a racist prism. Judge Curiel wasn't about race, nor was the "Muslim ban". He never said "Mexicans are racist.

Those were in-artful comments to be sure, and it gave his political enemies spun into accusations of racism. Which begs the question: who really was using race as a political tool? Was it Trump, or those who made racial political hay out of his comments?