Tag: Racism

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., told MSNBC host Katy Tur Friday that he would not be attending President Trump's first State of the Union Address. (screenshot)

John Lewis will not attend Trump’s first State of the Union address

Diana Stancy Correll · January 12, 2018 10:36 pm

A three-judge panel ruled in August that parts of the Texas House district map had to be redrawn ahead of the 2018 midterm elections because lawmakers discriminated against minorities when they drew the districts. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Supreme Court agrees to hear Texas redistricting case

Melissa Quinn · January 12, 2018 9:19 pm

Afternoon Links: Amish Rock, Paul Nehlen Works the Alt-Right, and Journalistic Trust

Jim Swift · January 12, 2018 9:14 pm

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said President Trump's "shithole" comments show he is "deeply flawed." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Maxine Waters: Trump is ‘a racist and indecent man with no good values’

Caitlin Yilek · January 12, 2018 8:25 pm

On Friday, Hillary Clinton criticized President Trump's remarks during a bipartisan immigration meeting, tweeting that instead of remembering the eighth anniversary of Haiti's earthquake, "We're subjected to Trump's ignorant, racist views of anyone who doesn't look like him." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton calls Trump ‘ignorant’ and ‘racist’ after ‘shithole’ remark

Mandy Mayfield · January 12, 2018 7:54 pm

The dean of the Washington National Cathedral condemned President Trump's comments about "shithole countries." The dean said, "It is important to say that as Americans, we are better than this. We are better than the racist generalizations of these comments." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Top official at Washington National Cathedral: Trump’s ‘shithole’ comment is ‘un-American’

Caitlin Yilek · January 12, 2018 7:35 pm

"I do [think he's racist]. I think at this point the evidence is incontrovertible. It's right there," Michael Steele said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Former RNC chairman Michael Steele: Trump is racist

Melissa Quinn · January 12, 2018 4:50 pm

"The government of Botswana, today summoned the U.S. ambassador to Botswana to express its displeasure at the alleged utterances made by the President of the U.S., Donald Trump, when he referred to African countries and others as "shithole countries" during a meeting," a government press release stated. (AP Photo)

Botswana: Are we a ‘shithole’ too?

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2018 3:47 pm

Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill., said President Trump "could lead the Ku Klux Klan," after Trump allegedly referred to some nations as "shithole" countries. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Luis Gutierrez: Trump ‘could lead the Ku Klux Klan’

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2018 1:06 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has hit on the lack of diversity in immigration negotiations, calling a working group focused on the topic "the five white guys." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats fear Senate surrender on diversity visas

Laura Barrón-López · January 12, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump has been in the headlines for days now, but the news stories have been dominated, not by the president's achievements, but by journalist Michael Wolff's scathing tell-all book. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Take it from this conservative: Trump is unfit for office and always has been

Quin Hillyer · January 12, 2018 5:01 am

While President Trump's remarks about immigrants from Haiti and El Salvador were making headlines Thursday, the details of a bipartisan immigration fix that would codify Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals were leaked. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s immigration shitshow

W. James Antle III · January 12, 2018 5:01 am