WASHINGTON ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump drew a stark contrast to his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, when he said during the first presidential debate on Monday that African-Americans and Hispanics in the United States are “living in hell” because inner cities are so dangerous. Trump has positioned himself as a defender of disgruntled white voters, bashing political correctness and courting whites who fear immigration and the Black Lives Matters movement. At times, Trump has veered into using the same language as white nationalists. For Trump, that has meant retweeting a Twitter user called “WhiteGenocideTM,” spreading an anti-Semitic meme about Clinton, and sharing false stats about crime that paint black people as murderers. Clinton attacked Trump during the debate for describing black communities as places of violence.

Source: Huffington Post September 27, 2016 03:11 UTC