“The central question for American politics right now is how did the country that elected Barack Obama elect Donald Trump. There's a lot to what Ta-Nehisi says about the racial reaction and backlash. And the power and the force and ultimately the success. The man who was selling this racist conspiracy theory about the first black President's birth: that's what launched him into a political career that ended up getting him elected the President of the United States. That is an absolutely remarkable fact.”
![“[Donald Trump] has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen. There was absolutely no evidence for it, but he persisted, he persisted year after year, because some of his supporters, people that he was trying to bring…” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3df/hillary-clinton-51_activity_donald-trump-has-really-started-his-poli_3107298.jpg)
![“Ted Cruz who's been gaining on [Donald] Trump in Iowa and is polling ahead of him in the latest Monmouth poll would be quite reluctant to criticize Trump's plan saying simply it is not his policy.” quote by Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be8/chris-hayes-2208_criticize_ted-cruz-who-s-been-gaining-on-donald-tr_39854.jpg)
![“Now, [Donald] Trump has thus far gotten endorsements from illustrious group, that includes Sarah Palin, David Duke, Dennis Rodman, racially profiling birther sheriff, Joe Arpaio, vaping Congressman Duncan Hunter, and just this afternoon, infamous Maine Governor Paul LePage who accused drug dealers…” quote by Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/19c/chris-hayes-2208_accused_now-donald-trump-has-thus-far-gotten-end_117408.jpg)
![“The [Donald's] Trump war on the press continues. Tonight, the national cost of a conservative media bubble, now featuring alien conspiracy theories. And about those Obamacare headlines.” quote by Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/485/chris-hayes-2208_aliens_the-donald-s-trump-war-on-the-press-cont_260339.jpg)
