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THE BEGINNING:
1963: Trump's father, Fred, instructs a rental agent not to lease to a black woman
“I asked him what to do and he says, ‘Take the application and put it in a drawer and leave it there.'" https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/donald-trump-housing-race.html
1963: Trump's father, Fred, instructs a rental agent not to lease to a black woman
“I asked him what to do and he says, ‘Take the application and put it in a drawer and leave it there.'" https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/donald-trump-housing-race.html
1973: Trump Management Org sued for housing discrimination.
"multiple Trump Management employees had instructed him to attach a separate piece of paper with a big letter “C” on it—for “colored”—to any application filed by a black apartment-seeker." https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/donald-trump-housing-race.html
"multiple Trump Management employees had instructed him to attach a separate piece of paper with a big letter “C” on it—for “colored”—to any application filed by a black apartment-seeker." https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/donald-trump-housing-race.html
"Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day."
This is a secondhand quote that Trump has denied, but he also said it is "probably true" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/07/25/did-donald-trump-really-say-those-things/
This is a secondhand quote that Trump has denied, but he also said it is "probably true" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/07/25/did-donald-trump-really-say-those-things/
When he was competing with a Native American tribe to build a casino, he "secretly funded ads against a Catskills casino that, according to reports at the time, declared, 'The St. Regis Mohawk Indian record of criminal activity is well documented.'" https://www.nj.com/politics/2016/06/did_donald_trump_once_smear_indian_tribes_to_protect_atlantic_city_casinos.html
1989: Demands the death penalty for the Central Park Five
2019: Refuses to apologize to the Central Park Five https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/central-park-five-trump.html
OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAGA BEGINS
2011: https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/152056935712169984?lang=en
2011: https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/152056935712169984?lang=en
2011:
"I want him to show his birth certificate. I want him to show his birth certificate," Trump said on ABC's "The View." "There's something on that birth certificate that he doesn't like." https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/23/trump-again-questions-obamas-birthplace/
"I want him to show his birth certificate. I want him to show his birth certificate," Trump said on ABC's "The View." "There's something on that birth certificate that he doesn't like." https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/23/trump-again-questions-obamas-birthplace/
2011: To Laura Ingraham (Part 1 of 2)
"He doesn't have a birth certificate, or if he does, there's something on that certificate that is very bad for him. ..."
"He doesn't have a birth certificate, or if he does, there's something on that certificate that is very bad for him. ..."
2011: To Laura Ingraham (Part 2 of 2)
"...Now, somebody told me, and I have no idea if this is bad for him or not, but perhaps it would be, that where it says 'religion,' it might have 'Muslim.'
"...Now, somebody told me, and I have no idea if this is bad for him or not, but perhaps it would be, that where it says 'religion,' it might have 'Muslim.'
2011:
"I would like to have him show his birth certificate...Because if he can't, if he can't, if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility...then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics." https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-birther/index.html
"I would like to have him show his birth certificate...Because if he can't, if he can't, if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility...then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics." https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-birther/index.html
2011:
"His grandmother in Kenya said, ‘Oh, no, he was born in Kenya and I was there and I witnessed the birth.’ She’s on tape. I think that tape’s going to be produced fairly soon. Somebody is coming out with a book in two weeks." https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/trump-promises-to-reveal-secrets-of-obama-s-birth-before-summer-video
"His grandmother in Kenya said, ‘Oh, no, he was born in Kenya and I was there and I witnessed the birth.’ She’s on tape. I think that tape’s going to be produced fairly soon. Somebody is coming out with a book in two weeks." https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/trump-promises-to-reveal-secrets-of-obama-s-birth-before-summer-video
April 27, 2011: Obama releases his long Form birth certificate https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/04/27/president-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate
2012:
Just like his Kenyan grandmother said he was born in Kenya, and she pointed down the road to the hospital, and after people started screaming at her, she said, 'Oh, I mean Hawaii.' Give me a break." https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitt-romneys-new-bff-donald-trump
Just like his Kenyan grandmother said he was born in Kenya, and she pointed down the road to the hospital, and after people started screaming at her, she said, 'Oh, I mean Hawaii.' Give me a break." https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitt-romneys-new-bff-donald-trump
2012:
"A lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate...His mother was not in the hospital. There are many other things that came out...if you would report it accurately I think you'd probably get better ratings than you're getting." https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-birther/index.html
"A lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate...His mother was not in the hospital. There are many other things that came out...if you would report it accurately I think you'd probably get better ratings than you're getting." https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-birther/index.html
2012:
"Was it a birth certificate? You tell me. Some people say that was not his birth certificate. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. I'm saying I don't know. Nobody knows." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/time-donald-trump-talked-birtherism/story?id=41927366
"Was it a birth certificate? You tell me. Some people say that was not his birth certificate. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. I'm saying I don't know. Nobody knows." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/time-donald-trump-talked-birtherism/story?id=41927366
2014:
"He was perhaps born in Kenya...He was perhaps born in this country but said he was born in Kenya because if you say you were born in Kenya, you got aid and you got into colleges...and that has a very big chance...Who knows?"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?319570-1/donald-trump-national-press-club-speech&start=2629
"He was perhaps born in Kenya...He was perhaps born in this country but said he was born in Kenya because if you say you were born in Kenya, you got aid and you got into colleges...and that has a very big chance...Who knows?"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?319570-1/donald-trump-national-press-club-speech&start=2629
2014:
"Well, I don't know— did he do it [produce his birth certificate]?" Trump said. "If I decide to run for office I’ll produce my tax returns. Absolutely. I would love to do that. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/trump-questioned-obama-birth-certificate-in-2014-despite-cam#.ro6MnPrKY
"Well, I don't know— did he do it [produce his birth certificate]?" Trump said. "If I decide to run for office I’ll produce my tax returns. Absolutely. I would love to do that. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/trump-questioned-obama-birth-certificate-in-2014-despite-cam#.ro6MnPrKY
2014:
Asked if he regrets questioning Obama's citizenship.
"Not even a little bit. I don't regret it. Why would I regret it?"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?319570-1/donald-trump-national-press-club-speech&start=2629
Asked if he regrets questioning Obama's citizenship.
"Not even a little bit. I don't regret it. Why would I regret it?"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?319570-1/donald-trump-national-press-club-speech&start=2629
2015: THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS
Opening campaign speech (1/2)
"The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems."
(APPLAUSE)
"Thank you. It's true, and these [people] are the best and the finest. When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best.
Opening campaign speech (1/2)
"The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems."
(APPLAUSE)
"Thank you. It's true, and these [people] are the best and the finest. When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best.
Opening campaign speech (2/2)
"They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/16/theyre-rapists-presidents-trump-campaign-launch-speech-two-years-later-annotated/
"They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/16/theyre-rapists-presidents-trump-campaign-launch-speech-two-years-later-annotated/
2015:
Trump on deporting Syrian refugees allowed into USA under Obama
“They’re going to be gone. They will go back...if they’re here, they have to go back, because we cannot take a chance." https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-has-big-plans-1303117537878070.html
Trump on deporting Syrian refugees allowed into USA under Obama
“They’re going to be gone. They will go back...if they’re here, they have to go back, because we cannot take a chance." https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-has-big-plans-1303117537878070.html
2015:
Trump on possibly registering or giving special IDs to Muslims
“We’re going to have to look at the mosques. We’re going to have to look very, very carefully.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-has-big-plans-1303117537878070.html
Trump on possibly registering or giving special IDs to Muslims
“We’re going to have to look at the mosques. We’re going to have to look very, very carefully.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-has-big-plans-1303117537878070.html
2015:
Same day, interview with NBC, asked about a database to track Muslims in the U.S.
"I would certainly implement that. Absolutely,. There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases. We should have a lot of systems." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-would-certainly-implement-muslim-database-n466716
Same day, interview with NBC, asked about a database to track Muslims in the U.S.
"I would certainly implement that. Absolutely,. There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases. We should have a lot of systems." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-would-certainly-implement-muslim-database-n466716
2015:
Trump lies about New Jersey Muslims cheering 9/11
"Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks/
Trump lies about New Jersey Muslims cheering 9/11
"Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks/
2015:
Doubles down
“There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey, where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down. I know it might be not politically correct for you to talk about it." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks/
Doubles down
“There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey, where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down. I know it might be not politically correct for you to talk about it." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks/
2015:
Trump says to bar all Muslims from entering the country until U.S. leaders can 'figure out what is going on' after terrorist attacks in San Bernardino. https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-banning-muslims-from-entering-u-s/
Trump says to bar all Muslims from entering the country until U.S. leaders can 'figure out what is going on' after terrorist attacks in San Bernardino. https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-banning-muslims-from-entering-u-s/
2016:
Not racist, but the moment facts stopped mattering. Trump accuses Ted Cruz's father of helping kill JFK.
“I mean, what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting? It’s horrible.” https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/trump-ted-cruz-father-222730
Not racist, but the moment facts stopped mattering. Trump accuses Ted Cruz's father of helping kill JFK.
“I mean, what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting? It’s horrible.” https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/trump-ted-cruz-father-222730
2016:
Trump posts tweet of Hillary Clinton behind hundred dollar bills and a star of David, deletes the tweet, replaces it with the same picture but with a circle.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/04/politics/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-explained/index.html
Trump posts tweet of Hillary Clinton behind hundred dollar bills and a star of David, deletes the tweet, replaces it with the same picture but with a circle.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/04/politics/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-explained/index.html
2016:
Quote tweets an account called "WhiteGenocideTM." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/690562515500032000?s=20
Quote tweets an account called "WhiteGenocideTM." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/690562515500032000?s=20
2016:
David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
“I love it. The fact that Donald Trump’s doing so well, it proves that I’m winning. I am winning.” https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-david-duke-20160928-snap-story.html
David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
“I love it. The fact that Donald Trump’s doing so well, it proves that I’m winning. I am winning.” https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-david-duke-20160928-snap-story.html
PRESIDENCY:
2017:
Trump on Charlottesville
“You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/very-fine-people-charlottesville-who-were-they-2/
2017:
Trump on Charlottesville
“You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/very-fine-people-charlottesville-who-were-they-2/
2017:
Trump, clarifying his "fine people" comment.
“I was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee, a great general.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/very-fine-people-charlottesville-who-were-they-2/
Trump, clarifying his "fine people" comment.
“I was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee, a great general.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/very-fine-people-charlottesville-who-were-they-2/
2017:
Trump says people questioning the government's response to the hurricane in Puerto Rico as "politically motivated ingrates." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/01/trump-resumes-defense-puerto-rico-disaster-response-apparent-attack-san-juan-mayor/720922001/
Trump says people questioning the government's response to the hurricane in Puerto Rico as "politically motivated ingrates." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/01/trump-resumes-defense-puerto-rico-disaster-response-apparent-attack-san-juan-mayor/720922001/
2017:
Trump reportedly says Haitians "all have AIDS" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/politics/trump-immigration.html?_r=2
Trump reportedly says Haitians "all have AIDS" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/politics/trump-immigration.html?_r=2
2017:
Trump reportedly says 40,000 Nigerians would never "go back to their huts" once seeing the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/politics/trump-immigration.html?_r=2
Trump reportedly says 40,000 Nigerians would never "go back to their huts" once seeing the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/politics/trump-immigration.html?_r=2
2017:
Trump pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who according to CNN "was found guilty of criminal contempt [in July 2017] for disregarding a court order in a racial-profiling case."
Both Arizona senators publicly disagreed
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/us/arpaio-found-guilty/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html
Trump pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who according to CNN "was found guilty of criminal contempt [in July 2017] for disregarding a court order in a racial-profiling case."
Both Arizona senators publicly disagreed
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/us/arpaio-found-guilty/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html
2018:
Trump says he doesn't want immigrants from "shithole countries." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/trump-shithole-countries.html
Trump says he doesn't want immigrants from "shithole countries." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/trump-shithole-countries.html
2018:
Refers to a U.S. intelligence analyst as a "pretty Korean lady."
Says she should help negotiate with North Korea.
Asked her where "your people" are from. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/12/trump-intelligence-analyst-pretty-korean-lady
Refers to a U.S. intelligence analyst as a "pretty Korean lady."
Says she should help negotiate with North Korea.
Asked her where "your people" are from. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/12/trump-intelligence-analyst-pretty-korean-lady
2018:
Trump says the Judge overseeing his Trump University fraud case cannot be impartial because he is “Mexican.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/05/the-judge-trump-disparaged-as-mexican-will-preside-over-an-important-border-wall-case/
Trump says the Judge overseeing his Trump University fraud case cannot be impartial because he is “Mexican.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/05/the-judge-trump-disparaged-as-mexican-will-preside-over-an-important-border-wall-case/
2018:
Trump says Democrats want migrants to "infest our country." https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/politics/trump-illegal-immigrants-infest/index.html
Trump says Democrats want migrants to "infest our country." https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/politics/trump-illegal-immigrants-infest/index.html
2018:
Trump says, without evidence, that there is a "Caravan" heading to the border that includes "criminals and unknown Middle Easterners." https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1054351078328885248?lang=en
Trump says, without evidence, that there is a "Caravan" heading to the border that includes "criminals and unknown Middle Easterners." https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1054351078328885248?lang=en
2018:
Calls the "caravan" an "invasion." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1056919064906469376?s=20
Calls the "caravan" an "invasion." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1056919064906469376?s=20
2019:
Michael Cohen, Trump's righthand man for a decade, testifying to Congress (1 of 3)
"Mr. Trump is a racist. The country has seen Mr. Trump court white supremacists and bigots. You have heard him call poorer countries 'shitholes.' In private, he is even worse..." (cont.)
Michael Cohen, Trump's righthand man for a decade, testifying to Congress (1 of 3)
"Mr. Trump is a racist. The country has seen Mr. Trump court white supremacists and bigots. You have heard him call poorer countries 'shitholes.' In private, he is even worse..." (cont.)
2019:
Michael Cohen testifying to Congress (2 of 3)
"He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a 'shithole.' This was when Barack Obama was President of the
United States."
Michael Cohen testifying to Congress (2 of 3)
"He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a 'shithole.' This was when Barack Obama was President of the
United States."
2019:
Michael Cohen testifying to Congress (3 of 3)
"While we were once driving through a struggling neighborhood in Chicago, he commented that only black people could live that way. And, he told me that black people would never vote for him because they
were too stupid."
Michael Cohen testifying to Congress (3 of 3)
"While we were once driving through a struggling neighborhood in Chicago, he commented that only black people could live that way. And, he told me that black people would never vote for him because they
were too stupid."
2019:
Trump tweets that four minority Congresswomen should "go back" to "the crime infested places from which they came."
Trump tweets that four minority Congresswomen should "go back" to "the crime infested places from which they came."
2020:
Trump's response to Minneapolis on Friday night
Trump's response to Minneapolis on Friday night
"I am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world."
