Trump’s Racist Attacks On Ohio’s Haitian Immigrants Part Of Election Campaign Strategy                                          

Black Star News Editorial Photos: YouTube Screenshots Donald Trump is once again using racism in his bid for a second White House term—with the current lie, that Haitian immigrants, in Springfield, Ohio, are eating the pets of their neighbors. This insidious lie is meant to inflame the Republican MAGA base about the topic Trump likes to primarily fearmonger on: non-white immigration. Trump has used the fear of immigration from the very beginning of his political ascension. Trump used Birtherism, against President Barack Obama, and racism and bigotry against Mexicans and Muslims during his successful campaign for the presidency in 2016. Racist opposition to non-white immigration has a long history in America. Unfortunately, in recent decades, the Republican Party has used the issue of immigration to gain political support from that segment of the country most opposed to non-white immigration. Understanding that Republicans voters are more hardwired to react to racist invectives and propaganda, Trump has, time and again, reverted to this tried-and-true trump card. Trump’s lies against Haitian immigrants, in Springfield, Ohio, is only the latest episode in his race-baiting political strategy. In the aftermath of this vicious falsehood, the news now from Ohio is about the fear Haitians are...