Nearly 6 in 10 Americans said they thought Trump is racist, including a wide majority of black Americans. (Philip Bump/The Washington Post)What’s more, most Americans held that view strongly, with 46 percent of Americans saying they felt strongly that Trump is racist. What’s important to note about that poll, though, is that Americans who share Ocasio-Cortez’s politics and heritage — Democrats and Hispanics — overwhelmingly believe that Trump is racist. Remarkably, even 7 percent of Americans who planned to vote for Trump thought he was racist. (Philip Bump/The Washington Post)That July poll from Quinnipiac also got to Ocasio-Cortez’s first point about the “dog whistles” of white supremacy.

Source: Washington Post January 07, 2019 15:11 UTC