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In risky bid, Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters
Jul 07, 2020 1 min, 13 secs
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tensions as a reelection weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white resentment and aiming to drive his supporters to the polls.

It’s a pattern that harks back to cultural divisions Trump similarly exploited in his victorious 2016 campaign.

The actual issue is understanding the appeal to white resentment and white fear,” said Eddie Glaude, chair of the Department of African American studies at Princeton University.

However, according to current and former Trump campaign officials, his overarching strategy is an appeal to white voters — some of them racist and some who fear being left behind by a government seemingly consumed with helping others.

The belief is that his appeals will generate enthusiasm among the same disaffected white voters who made up the president’s base of supporters four years ago.

The issues that involve race now are completely different,” said Sam Nunberg, a former Trump campaign adviser.

“It’s not easy to conflate people who want to tear down the statues of the Confederacy and the few who want to get George Washington,” said Nunberg.

“Defending the Confederacy and racial dog whistles is not going to help win the suburbs.

The Trump campaign dismisses accusations of racism

“Donald Trump openly embraces racist rhetoric and sends blatant signals of support for the causes of white supremacists -- and he does it from the highest office in the land.”

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