Article 2ZZE4 Candidate Trump's racism strategy is failing President Trump

Candidate Trump's racism strategy is failing President Trump

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Cory Doctorow
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When Trump was on the campaign trail, he had a surefire racism strategy: he'd say something horribly racist ("Mexicans are rapists") then refuse to back down (giving comfort to overt racists), then finally back down a little (giving comfort to closet racists), then complain that the press wouldn't accept his apology (reinforcing his point that the media was unfair to him and pleasing his whole base). -

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