President Donald Trump and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders are calling on ESPN to fire Jemele Hill after the sportscaster called the president a “white supremacist” on her personal Twitter account.
Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
Aside from the fact that Huckabee is now the subject of an ethics complaint resulting from her statement, had it occurred in a vacuum with nothing to stand upon, maybe it might be considered a problem. However, there is literally a mountain of evidence to support the claim that Donald Trump is himself a white supremacist or, alternatively, is so deeply embedded with white supremacists that he is indistinguishable from one.
Here’s are 27 instances that back up the charge that Trump is a racist and white supremacist. It is by no means exhaustive or definitive, so feel free to add to it in the comments. And Jamele? #ImWithHer
1) Sued by the Department of Justice. Twice.
During the first presidential debate last September, Hillary Clinton first brought forth the accusation that Donald Trump was sued by the Justice Department for refusing to rent to black people…twice. Politifact determined that this was 100% true.
2) Called black people lazy.
From the 1991 memoir “Trumped” by Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino President John R. O’Donnell:
Instantly, Donald was enthused. “Yeah, I never liked the guy. I don’t think he knows what the f––– he’s doing. My accountants up in New York are always complaining about him. He’s not responsive. And isn’t it funny, I’ve got black accountants at the Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. Those are the kind of people I want counting my money. No one else.”
I couldn’t believe I was hearing this. But Donald went on, “Besides that, I’ve got to tell you something else. I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not something they can control. … Don’t you agree?”
No, Donald. No. We don’t.
3) The Central Park 5
Donald Trump was the chief public figure leading the charge against the Central Park 5, five young black men who were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. At the time, Trump was a real estate mogul and not the leader of the free world. But the divisive, racially charged rhetoric of his presidential campaign are echoes of his public sentiments all those years ago.
Trump viciously demanded that the death penalty be reinstated in New York for the purposes of executing the men, one of them as young as 14-years-0ld. DNA evidence exonerated the men, but Trump still called for their jailing and execution years after DNA exonerated them.
4) The entire Obama birther movement
She tried to tell us, y’all.
5) He called Mexicans rapists and murderers
6) A White Supremacist Administration
Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp when selecting his administration. Rather than pick a highly qualified and diverse team that represented a sampling of America,