Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wasn’t having any of the usual media excuses for Trump as he flat out told Chuck Todd that Trump is a racist.

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Transcript via Meet The Press:

CHUCK TODD:

What does it say that something like this is now — folks are now being held accountable for blackface in ways, frankly, that we didn’t, we didn’t have that kind of, that strong of a moral code, I would argue, in our politics, until recently? Why do you think that is?

SEN. SHERROD BROWN:

Well, I think this country hasn’t dealt well with the issues of race. I mean, we have a president who’s a racist. Who we have, you know —

CHUCK TODD:

Let me pause you there. You believe, in his heart, he’s a racist?

SEN. SHERROD BROWN:

Well, I don’t know what, “in his heart,” means. I know that he built his political career, knowing what he was doing on questioning the legitimacy and the birthplace of the President of the United States. I know, early, and we — there have been all kinds of news reports about what he did early in his career on housing. We know, I mean, read TheNew Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. Read The Color of Law, about housing discrimination and decades and decades and decades of housing discrimination. And we know that the Trump family, including the now-sitting president, played to that and deepened that. So these issues, this is not a recent — Charlottesville was only a symptom and a more-public viewing and outing, if you will, of the president’s views about race. I mean, there’s just no question about that. We know the president doesn’t tell the truth frequently. We know he lies frequently. And we know of his racial back — racist comments and background.

Video:

Sherrod Brown Ran Through Trump’s History Of Racism

Sen. Brown didn’t just drop the bomb of calling Trump a racist and then backing off. Brown laid out why Trump is a racist and his history of racism. Trump’s presidential campaign began when he called Mexicans rapists. His rise in Republicans politics came from racist birther attacks on Obama. None of this includes his documented business history of racism that Sen. Brown mentioned.

The media, which is always white people, who suggest that we have to know what is in Trump’s heart to call him racist are dancing around a subject that they don’t really want to talk about. The idea that Trump is a racist makes them uncomfortable. They don’t want to face the truth about Trump.

Sherrod Brown didn’t just speak the truth. He made Chuck Todd face it and backed up his claim with facts.

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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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