Article snippet: MORE’s use of the word “shithole” to describe Haiti, El Salvador and African nations has once again moved race to the top of the political agenda. In the wake of the remarks, the president’s critics are ever more willing to explicitly call him racist. MORE (I-Vt.) accused Trump of “racist ramblings.” Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) told MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Thursday evening that Trump “could lead the Ku Klux Klan in America.” Rep. MORE (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, on Friday told Katy Tur, also of MSNBC, that racism “must be in his DNA.” The criticism also came from the media, albeit mostly in outlets that have fractious relationships with the president. “The president of the United States is racist. A lot of us already knew that,” CNN anchor Don Lemon declared at the beginning of his show on Thursday. When Trump appeared in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday morning to sign a proclamation to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he left to the sound of reporter April Ryan asking, “Mr. President, are you a racist?” Trump’s contentious remarks were made during a White House meeting intended to discuss a way forward on an immigration deal. Senators from both parties were present. Trump has long denied charges of racism, and his allies also do so vehemently. “There is not a racist bone in his body,” Pastor Robert Jeffress, an evangelical adviser to the president, told the Christian Broadcasting Network last summer. During a February 2017 news... Link to the full article to read more