"I am the least racist person there is"
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The subtext is transactional and tribal: if you’re on Trump’s side, you’re meant to accept the statement as a loyalty test, not a factual proposition. If you question it, you’re cast as part of an antagonistic system - the media, Democrats, “political correctness” - that weaponizes racism as a smear. That framing matters because it converts a moral critique into a political grievance, a move that plays well in a culture where many voters feel perpetually accused and exhausted by social policing.
Contextually, the line shows up amid recurrent controversies - the birther campaign, comments about immigrants, Charlottesville, and the broader argument that he activates racial resentment while insisting he’s being unfairly labeled. The genius, in a blunt way, is how it makes the conversation about him: not about who was harmed or what was said, but about whether he’s being treated “fairly.” It’s denial as spectacle: loud enough to dominate the news cycle, simple enough to repeat, and absolute enough to immunize supporters against nuance.
Quote Details
| Topic | Equality |
|---|---|
| Source | Verified source: Fox & Friends: Trump on racism claims and The Apprentice (Donald Trump, 2011)
Evidence: You know, if it comes to racism and racist, I am the least racist person there is.. Earliest primary-source instance I can verify via contemporaneous reporting is Trump saying this on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" on May 9, 2011. Multiple outlets published the quote that day and attribute it to that appearance, including Salon (May 9, 2011) and Vanity Fair (May 9, 2011), both reproducing the same sentence and a longer surrounding excerpt. However, I could not locate an official Fox News transcript or an official Fox video clip page for the May 9, 2011 segment in the sources retrieved here, so this is not a direct transcript from Fox itself. Other candidates (1) Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth (The Washington Post Fact Checker Staff, 2020) compilation95.0% ... I am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world . " -July 30 , 2019 ( remarks ) " I am the least raci... |
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