Trump Tirade On 'Racist' DAs Echoes Other Racist Tropes

Trump, who rode the politics of white grievance into the White House, thinks he can't be treated fairly by Black officials.

Looking out at a sea of faces at a Texas fairground, most of them white, former President Donald Trump seethed about his legal troubles and blamed them on malicious prosecutors.

"These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They're racists and they're very sick, they're mentally sick," Trump said, before warning his audience: "In reality. They're not after me, they're after you."

He repeated his charge of racism, but skipped over an obvious detail: Those prosecutors are Black.