I doubt it. I could be wrong, but not based on what people are showing me.
I think three or four denunciations of the KKK should suffice. After that, the reporters are just badgering the candidate, and obstructing the airing of other issues. The exception would be if there is credible evidence of Klan involvement, like all the evidence the Left ignored in the life of the late Senator Robert Byrd (D- WV). Senator Byrd skated on that, everywhere but talk radio.
But what about video showing black people being roughed up at his rallies?
That could be racist. It could also be misanthropic, or just thuggish.
In some circumstances, it could be justified - depending on what sort of menacing actions the person might have been doing.
If white people are doing the same thing, and getting kid glove treatment, while black people are singled out for the rough stuff - that would indicate racism.
Just the fact that protesters are removed from a rally is not wrong.
If I pay for a hall, it's so people can hear from me, not from my detractors - that is right in line with the first amendment. You don't have a constitutional right to disrupt a meeting in a venue for which someone else paid.
That said, I believe Trump is not a friend of the first amendment, and that some of his comments about the press - as dishonorable as many of them are - portend a return to the Alien and Sedition Acts under John Adams, and the imprisonment of those who protested wars under Lincoln and Wilson.
Also, it is certain that Trump is a nationalist, and that his followers have authoritarian tendencies (based on this article and my own interaction with many of them). And yes, Trump comports himself as a potential dictator, especially at his rallies.
Reminds me very much of when ancient Israel demanded a king.
Which did not end well for them.
Nationalism is not synonymous with racism, although many racists are also nationalists.
Ben Carson struck me as a nationalist, even before he announced his support for Trump today. An endorsement which likely shocked some of Ben's supporters, but not those who pay close attention. Ben is as ignorant about foreign affairs as he is brilliant in his field of neurosurgery.
I don't think Ben Carson is stupid, nor is it helpful when Trump's opponents call Trump supporters stupid.
Also, I don't think Carson is a racist, and if he was, I would assume his racism would not be directed at black people, eh?
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