Political Quotes

“Madam President, virtually every time Donald Trump says or does something discriminatory--and that is often--the media relies upon a catalog of buzzwords to describe his actions. The press uses words like hateful, intolerant, bigot, extremist, prejudice, to name but a few. Yet there is always one word that many of the press conspicuously avoid: Racist. They never label Trump as a racist, but he is a racist. Donald Trump is a racist. ``Racist'' is a term I don't really like. We have all, with rare exception--I don't know who it would be--said things that are not politically correct, but I don't know of anyone, when that happens, who doesn't acknowledge it and, if necessary, apologizes quickly, but Donald Trump doesn't believe the racist things he does and says are wrong. He says them with the full intent to demean and to denigrate. That is who he is. Each time Trump is given a chance to apologize and make amends, he refuses, and then he doubles down on what he said before. The media is not holding Donald Trump accountable at all. He is not being held accountable. So why do reporters and pundits abstain from calling Trump what he is--a racist? It is not as if Trump's racism is new. His bigotry has been on display since the early days of his business career. When Donald Trump was still working at his father's side as second in command, the Department of Justice slapped their company with a civil rights lawsuit. Why? Because they deserved it.…”