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Robert Schertzer, Associate Professor of Politics, University of Toronto

Trump has put down his racist dog whistle and picked up a bull horn

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Arizona. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

At a recent rally in Arizona, former president Donald Trump directly played upon white racial grievances when he angrily declared that “white people” were being “denigrated” and “discriminated against,” and that “if you’re white, you don’t get the vaccine, or if you’re white, you don’t get life-saving therapeutics.”

According to research for our upcoming book, this statement marks an unprecedented turn in Trump’s political strategy.

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