Article snippet: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said on Wednesday night that she believed President Donald Trump was a white supremacist, broadly accusing him of dividing Americans along racial lines and providing direct and tacit support to those who believe white people are superior to other races. Asked in a brief interview with The New York Times if she thought Trump was a white supremacist, Warren responded without hesitation: “Yes.” “He has given aid and comfort to white supremacists,” Warren said during a campaign swing in western Iowa. “He’s done the wink and a nod. He has talked about white supremacists as fine people. He’s done everything he can to stir up racial conflict and hatred in this country.” Warren’s comments amounted to one of the starkest condemnations to date from a leading Democratic presidential candidate about Trump’s language toward minorities and immigrants. She spoke hours after former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas gave the same assessment of Trump. Asked by MSNBC if Trump was a white supremacist, O’Rourke replied, “He is.” “He’s dehumanized or sought to dehumanize those who do not look like or pray like the majority here in this country,” O’Rourke said. Trump has a long history of using race for his own gain, and his time in the White House has been no exception. In his campaign for the presidency, he denigrated Mexicans, immigrants and other people of color, including continuing to push the “birtherism” lie about Preside... Link to the full article to read more