Far More Americans Believe Trump Is Racist Than Not, Poll Finds

Nearly doubly arsenic galore Americans judge President Donald Trump is racist arsenic judge he is not, according to a caller survey, which comes aft nan president many times rejected this allegation.

In nan February canvass from The Economist/YouGov, respondents were asked whether aliases not they would usage nan connection racist to picture nan 79-year-old Republican president.

Nearly half, 47 percent, said they would usage this descriptor, while 24 percent said they would not — and 29 percent expressed nary opinion.

Unsurprisingly, nan results were sharply divided based connected partisan affiliation, pinch 90 percent of Democrats, 48 percent of independents and conscionable 5 percent of Republicans saying nan word applied to nan president.

The canvass was conducted February 13-16 pinch 1,682 U.S. citizens, nan immense mostly of whom were registered voters. It had a separator of correction of 3.1 percent points.

On Tuesday, Trump utilized nan decease of Reverend Jesse Jackson, a longtime civilian authorities leader, to rebuff allegations of bigotry.

“Despite nan truth that I americium falsely and consistently called a Racist by nan Scoundrels and Lunatics connected nan Radical Left, Democrats ALL, it was ever my pleasance to thief Jesse on nan way,” Trump wrote connected Truth Social.

The pursuing day, nan billionaire president again defended himself during a Black History Month event astatine nan White House by citing his relationship pinch boxer Mike Tyson.

“Mike has been loyal to me,” he told a crowd of supporters astatine nan executive mansion. “Whenever they travel out, they say, ‘Trump’s a racist’ — You know, it’s for illustration a statement: ‘Trump’s a racist’ — Mike Tyson goes, ‘He’s not a racist. He’s my friend.’”

His astir caller remarks came astir 2 weeks aft a video portraying nan Obamas arsenic apes was posted to his Truth Social account, sparking bipartisan condemnation and calls of it being racist.

Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, called it “the astir racist” point he had seen from nan White House. Senator Rodger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, called it “totally unacceptable” and called connected Trump to apologize.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt initially dismissed disapproval of nan clip, calling retired “fake outrage.” Hours later, though, nan video was taken down and a White House charismatic blamed a staffer for posting it “erroneously.”