Racial Abstract

American Intellectual 6

Racial division is climbing year after year during Donald Trump's presidency. While Republicans often deny any correlation with Trump, the Democrats lay the blame at his feet.

In the Detroit suburb of Novi, where Democrat Hillary Clinton narrowly beat Trump in 2016, pet store worker Emily West says she probably would have cast her ballot for Trump if she had voted in 2016. Now, she’s primed to vote against him. “It was mainly when he got into office when my opinion started changing,” said West, 26. “Just the way he treats people.” AP Trump News Story AP News July 30, 2019

"Trump's lies and racism never end," said Bernie Sanders. "While I have been fighting to lift the people of Baltimore and elsewhere out of poverty with good paying jobs, housing, and healthcare, he has been attacking workers and the poor." Bernie Sanders quote July 29, 2019