Clinton: Public racism becoming more 'politically acceptable'

Source: The Hill




BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 11/22/17 09:18 AM EST

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in an interview on Wednesday that it has become more "politically acceptable" to air racist views in the age of President Trump.

"I think there are people who are unfortunately kind of reverting back to rather virulent attitudes about race in part because I think that it’s become “politically acceptable,” no longer politically correct to try to overcome our own feelings that often block us from seeing each other as fellow human beings," Clinton said on the "Hugh Hewitt Show."

"I think there has proven to be more white supremacists and white nationalists than I wish there were in our country, as we saw tragically in Charlottesville and other places," she continued. And they have made common cause with the president’s agenda out of their own mouth that he is someone that they are counting on to promote it," she said.

Clinton's comments come as racial tensions in the U.S. have risen over the past year.

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