Democrat Candidates Blast Trump's Racism

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Publicly talking about President Trump’s racism is definitely no longer taboo — it was a key talking point at the second round of Democratic debates. Here’s what the candidates had to say about it.

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00:00What Trump is doing through his racism and his xenophobia is demonizing a group of people.

00:15We live in a country now where the president is advancing environmental racism, economic

00:20racism, criminal justice racism, healthcare racism.

00:25He'll call his racism out for what it is and also talk about its consequences.

00:30Hate crimes are on the rise every single one of the last three years.

00:35On the day that he signed his executive order attempting to ban Muslim travel, the mosque

00:39in Victoria, Texas was burned to the ground.

00:43We come from a country of shared dreams and I have had it with the racist attacks.

00:48Donald Trump is the symptom of a disease and the disease is divisiveness.

00:54We have got to take on Trump's racism, his sexism, xenophobia, and come together in

01:01an unprecedented grassroots movement to not only defeat Trump, but to transform our economy

01:09and our government.

01:10The racism, the bigotry, and the entire conversation that we're having here tonight.

01:15If you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the

01:19collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then I'm afraid

01:24that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days.

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