Poll: 44 Percent of Americans Think Trump is a Racist

The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website January 17, 2018:

Four in five Americans said they believe Trump talks without taking much time to consider his words

President Donald Trump speaks as he stops by a Conversations with the Women of America panel at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s rough rhetorical style was thrust under the microscope (again) last week after he called Haiti and parts of Africa “shithole countries” when complaining about their immigrants to the United States, multiple lawmakers who were at the meeting with the president confirmed.

Four in five Americans said they believe Trump talks without taking much time to consider his words, a new poll found.

The 1,500 U.S. adults polled by YouGov from Sunday through Tuesday tend to agree across the political spectrum that the president “reacts and speaks without thinking very much.” Continue reading “Poll: 44 Percent of Americans Think Trump is a Racist”