We must also understand, and talk about, how Trump is using racism as a strategy to distract us and divide us against each other. But that is only one part of what we as Americans, let alone candidates running for president or any public office, must do. So yes, we all need to denounce them and work to ensure they do not have a place in our society.

They empower his followers to amplify his racist comments on social media and at his rallies. TrumpвЂ™s racist comments empower young white men to march in our streets with torches yelling white supremacist chants. Domestic terrorism, as does any form of terrorism, seeks to control though fear. DonвЂ™t be a homophobe.вЂќ Former Massachusetts GOP governor Bill Weld, who is challenging Trump in the 2020 Republican presidential primary, recently called President Trump вЂњa raging racist.вЂќД¬alling out TrumpвЂ™s blatant racism and attacks on people of color is important to do for all Americans вЂ“ especially for those elected as our вЂњleaders.вЂќ We need leaders from both political parties to denounce his comments and actions because they are dangerous. Congressman Will Hurd of Texas, the only black GOP member of the House of Representatives, recently said that the Trump-led Republican Party was shrinking because too many people in it refuse to follow some simple rules: вЂњDonвЂ™t be a racist. Several candidates simply called Trump a вЂњracist,вЂќ while Washington Governor Jay Inslee went so far as to call him a вЂњwhite nationalist.вЂќДЄnd itвЂ™s just not Democrats pointing out TrumpвЂ™s racism. We heard the most diverse presidential field in the history of the United States respond to President TrumpвЂ™s racist tweets and agenda. The issue of race came up multiple times in CNNвЂ™s recent Democratic presidential primary debates.

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