During the presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald
Trump employed starkly divisive rhetoric to connect with a
segment of his base that relished in cultural grievance and
hatred. His tone and the arguments that he made were
incredibly offensive to minority communities, and his
campaign rallies were forums for some of the ugliest public
displays of race-based violence and animus in modern
political times. Numerous Black Americans were assaulted at
his rallies and scenes of deep racial resentment against
Blacks, Hispanics, immigrants, and Muslims were frequently
paraded and celebrated. Since the election, it seems hate-filled individuals have
been emboldened to terrorize minority communities. In just
the first 34 days after the election, the Southern Poverty
Law Center counted a total of 1,094 bias incidents around the
nation.
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