WASHINGTON—Quote by quote, tweet by tweet, Hillary Clinton made an argument Thursday with no precedent in America’s modern campaign history: that her opponent is not just dangerous and foolish but an unrepentant lifelong racist. But it’s never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it and giving it a national megaphone. “From the start,” she said, “Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. Hillary Clinton delivered her most direct critique yet connecting Donald Trump's campaign to white nationalists and the conservative fringe Thursday. “It’s the oldest play in the Democratic playbook: say ‘You’re racist, you’re racist, you’re racist.’ It’s a tired, disgusting argument.

Source: thestar August 25, 2016 22:07 UTC