http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/white-house-simply-cant-overcome-trumps-racist-presidency#break
"This is the man we recognize all too well. After all, Trump’s rise to political prominence was fueled in large part by his role championing a racist conspiracy theory about the nation’s first black president. As a candidate for the nation’s highest office, Trump went after a federal judge because of his ethnicity, hesitated when asked to denounce David Duke, and equated Mexican immigrants with rapists. Once in office, Trump pushed several versions of a bigoted Muslim ban, defended racist activists as “very fine people,” promoted racist videos from a British fringe group, launched a prolonged feud with athletes of color engaged in a silent civil-rights protest, and couldn’t even get through an event honoring Navajo Code Talkers without mocking “Pocahontas.” (These are not the only recent examples.) It’s against this backdrop that GOP officials continue to defend, enable, and support their party’s president, showing him deference and respect, unmoved by concerns about Trump’s lack of respect for those who aren’t like him."
