Such an error is a microscopic droplet in comparison with the flood of falsehoods gushing from the White House today. By one count, Trump made more than 19, false or misleading statements between his inauguration and late May of this year. Republicans went after Obama after an open microphone caught him telling a Russian official that he would have more negotiating flexibility after the election.
They also expressed indignation at his acknowledgment that countries other than the United States believe that they are exceptional. But Obama later made clear that he believed in American exceptionalism after Russian President Vladimir Putin had warned of its dangers. Trump then weighed in — on the Russian side. Coronavirus complication: Trump's science denial is un-American.
Just ask Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Obama, like Ronald Reagan and other presidents, was stressing that our exceptionalism stemmed from our ideals.
In scorning that view, Trump rejected an essential element of our national identity — which is perhaps why Putin wanted him to win in Tensing, who's been charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter, has pleaded not guilty.
Sandra Bland died at Waller County Jail in Texas on July 13, three days after being arrested for allegedly making an improper lane change. During the traffic stop, authorities say she was belligerent. Authorities say there was no foul play involved in her death.
They say Bland hanged herself with a trash bag from a metal barrier that separated the bathroom from the rest of her cell. Her family has said the idea that she committed suicide is unthinkable. Before her death, Bland spoke out frequently on social media about racism and police brutality. After flying for 54 years on South Carolina's Capitol grounds, it took only a moment to take down the Confederate flag on July 10, Years of deep-rooted controversy over the banner gained steam after the June massacre of nine black churchgoers in Charleston.
Nikki Haley said as she called for its removal. In June, multiple fires at predominantly African-American churches in several Southern states were in the spotlight. The fires came in the wake of the massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston , South Carolina, and raised speculation about arson and hate crimes.
PBS said on June 24 that it would postpone the third season of "Finding Your Roots" after an internal review that concluded actor Ben Affleck improperly influenced the show to omit the fact that his ancestors owned slaves.
The investigation stemmed from reports in April that Affleck had asked the show to edit out the fact that his family history involved slave ownership. Affleck admitted on Facebook to making the request soon after the controversy spilled into the public.
During an interview released on June 22, Obama dropped the N-word. Obama used the word during an interview for the podcast "WTF with Marc Maron" to make the point that racism is still a problem in our society. A law enforcement official said witnesses told authorities the gunman stood up and said he was there "to shoot black people.
Jorge Ramos , a prominent Univision host, called Trump's remarks "absurd" and "prejudiced. Dolezal, is white, but has said she identifies as black. The idea someone might misrepresent themselves by claiming they were black, then earn a leadership position in one of the nation's top advocacy groups for African-Americans, stirred a social media firestorm when the news broke.
What started as a joke about how there's no holiday that celebrates "the white community" was been misinterpreted as a racially charged promotion, Antillon said.
Officer Eric Casebolt resigned on June 9, days after a YouTube video showing his response to reports of fighting at a McKinney, Texas, pool party sparked swift allegations of racism.
Critics decried the white officer for cursing at several black teenagers, unholstering and waving his gun at boys and throwing a year-old girl to the ground, his knees pressed down on her back. Casebolt's attorney said race had nothing to do with how the officer responded. Loretta Sanchez apologized on May 17 for an ethnically touchy gaffe that was caught on cell phone video. Sanchez was ad-libbing at a California Democratic Party convention when she made a stereotypical Native American "war cry.
Many in the audience at the Indian-American caucus reacted with silence. Fury erupted in May over incoming Boston University sociology and African-American studies professor Saida Grundy's tweets about white men, race and slavery. Her personal Twitter account was made private, but the Boston Globe reported some of the tweets: "why is white america so reluctant to identify white college males as a problem population?
Loretta Lynch was sworn in as the U. The nomination of Lynch, the country's first African-American woman to serve in the role, was held up more than five months over politicking in the Senate.
Democrats claimed the voting delay was racially motivated, despite GOP protestations otherwise. Freddie Gray died on April 19 after allegedly suffering a devastating spinal injury while in police custody.
Six Baltimore police officers have been indicted on charges connected with the African-American man's death. All have pleaded not guilty. Activists have claimed race played a role in Gray's arrest and the way officers treated him.
Protests and riots broke out in Baltimore on the day of Gray's funeral. North Charleston police officer Michael Slager was fired from his job and then charged with murder in the shooting of year-old Walter Scott. Slager pulled over Scott on April 4, reportedly for a broken brake light. Scott was later shot in the back by Slager as he was running away. Scott was black and Slager is white. A bystander recorded the shooting, and the graphic footage sparked outrage and reignited a national conversation around race and policing.
Slager's attorney has said that there was a violent struggle before the officer opened fire, that his client plans to plead not guilty and that race has nothing to do with the case. Prosecutors say Slager showed malice of forethought and "executed" Scott. Excuses make the president look small and weak. It is frankly a little embarrassing. Read Donna Brazile's view: Romney would let middle class pay tab for the rich.
The president himself promised, after being elected, that if he didn't get the economy fixed in three years, then his presidency was "going to be a one-term proposition. If it doesn't work, vote us out. That was then. Now, the president is basically saying that he is a victim of circumstances, and we are all victims. Thursday's speech was also a speech of class warfare. The other campaign President Obama announced is a class warfare campaign of division. He plans to divide America along class lines, gender lines, party lines, age lines and any other lines he can find.
More interesting, I think, is the way both Obama and Shapiro implicitly absolve voters of responsibility for the choices they made. Black voters who supported Louis Farrakhan would never be treated with such delicacy. Trump, for all his flaws, ran a campaign based on clear positions and aspirations. He promised to build a wall; he said that our country was being weakened by louche, violent, parasitic immigrants; he said Obama was an illegitimate president with a forged birth certificate; he vowed to stop Muslims from traveling to the country; and in every speech, at every turn, he promised to turn back the clock, to make America great again.
That a crucial portion of the Republican electorate agreed with him in all of this is undeniable. What it says about them is often treated as if it is unspeakable — either because to state their beliefs clearly is insulting or because it just makes a bad political situation worse.
Trump did not create these voters. The general election, it should be said, had more complex dynamics, with a lot of voters unhappily choosing Trump over Clinton, which is why I think the primary was the real pivot here.
So yes, Republican voters enraged by the feeling that they were being lectured by the first black president is a big part of how we got Trump. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding. Financial contributions from our readers are a critical part of supporting our resource-intensive work and help us keep our journalism free for all.
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