Wednesday, June 8, 2016

GOP Rep. Defends Trump: President Obama Is Racist Too!

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), who has endorsed Donald Trump, defended the attacks the estate mogul has made on a federal judge's Mexican heritage by saying President Obama and Democrats were also racists.

"You can easily argue that the president of the United States is a racist with his policies and his rhetoric," Zeldin told CNN on Tuesday as he was grilled about Trump's accusations that U.S. District Court Gonzalo Curiel, who is hearing lawsuits against Trump University, was biased against him. Earlier Tuesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Trump's comments were the "textbook definition" of racism.

"Being a little racist or very racist is not okay, but, quite frankly, the agenda that I see and all the microtargeting to blacks and Hispanics from a policy standpoint, you know, that's more offensive to me," Zeldin said in reference to what he called the "Democratic" agenda...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/zeldin-trump-judge-obama-racist


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