Why theres skepticism
By Philip Bump
February 21 at 3:58 PM
... Trump has repeatedly said he wants America to be united. As weve pointed out, though, that insistence has almost uniformly been expressed as a desire for Trumps opponents to embrace his presidency. Trump made very little effort to reach out to his political opponents after he won the election, criticizing protesters as being paid and Hillary Clinton voters as being fraudulent. He never moderated his positions from the primary to the general election and then to his administration certainly his right, but a move that helped assure that his opponents would stay opposed to his presidency. That Spicer thinks the Anne Frank Center should praise the president for his leadership in this area is simply baffling.
... its a stretch to say that Trump has brought a diverse group of folks into his administration. Trumps Cabinet was more white and more male than any since that of Ronald Reagan until his first pick for labor secretary dropped out and was replaced with a man who is Hispanic. Spicer qualifies this questionable claim with people that he has sought the advice of, which offers an infinite amount of wiggle room.
Third, Trumps commitment to voting rights is already highly questionable. Trumps insistence that voter fraud is a rampant problem (which it isnt) seems poised to precede a new effort to restrict voting access. Those efforts have consistently and demonstrably curtailed voting by nonwhite voters.
But the most egregious claim Spicer made a claim he made over the weekend, too is that Trump has been very forceful with his denunciations and that no matter how many times he talks about this that its never good enough ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/21/in-one-exchange-sean-spicer-demonstrated-why-theres-skepticism-about-trumps-claims-of-tolerance/?utm_term=.bbca1ccbc3b3