Trump keeps reminding us why people support him. It’s the racism. (Opinion)
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
The piece’s premise is that support for Trump can be reduced to one motive: racism. That framing is tidy, moralistic, and politically useful, but it is also incurious. It treats millions of voters as a pathology to be diagnosed rather than citizens reacting to conditions they can see.
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When the president of the United States entertains racist jokes as Nixon did in the 1970s or shares racist videos as Trump continues to do, undoubtedly there is a sense among the electorate that such prejudice has a home in the White House.
White supremacy is still on the ballot.
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The piece’s premise is that support for Trump can be reduced to one motive: racism. That framing is tidy, moralistic, and politically useful, but it is also incurious. It treats millions of voters as a pathology to be diagnosed rather than citizens reacting to conditions they can see.
Conservatives are concerned about border security, inflation and wages, and a government that too often feels unwilling to enforce its own rules. When mainstream outlets insist every disagreement is evidence of white supremacy, they skip the harder questions about why communities want law and order and why parents push back on institutions that lecture more than they listen.
None of this excuses ugly rhetoric. It argues for equal justice under law and public trust built on facts, not insinuation. A country stays stable when leaders and media stop using moral shortcuts and start taking accountability seriously.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.