Career Quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.”
“Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.”
![“We all remember that [Donald] Trump was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the presidency of our first African-American president Barack Obama, which is an outrage.” quote by John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/109/john-lewis-1310_african-american_we-all-remember-that-donald-trump-was-on_1166854.jpg)
![“Mr. [Donald] Trump, for five years, you perpetuated a false claim that the nation's first black president was not a natural-born citizen. You questioned his legitimacy. In the last couple of weeks, you acknowledged what most Americans have accepted for years: The president was born in the United…” quote by Lester Holt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e32/lester-holt-12826_accepted_mr-donald-trump-for-five-years-you-perpe_1789393.jpg)
![“I think what Donald [Trump] is saying is that it's unacceptable to him that members of the African-American community - and I'm sure he will say this about other communities as well - who live in violence, who are subject of that, or who do not have the educational opportunities that every child…” quote by Chris Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/767/chris-christie-1382_african-american_i-think-what-donald-trump-is-saying-is-t_2785154.jpg)
![“During the campaign [Donald Trump] talked about reaching out to African- American voters in particular. He talked about inner cities in a way that did offend some people. Lot of Democrats. Some African- Americans of saying what have you got to lose.” quote by Anderson Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d80/anderson-cooper-2401_african-american_during-the-campaign-donald-trump-talked_1576366.jpg)
![“[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)
![“[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted himself. The symbolism was in - and this sounds really, really small, but it's actually big for African-Americans - the symbolism was not in being an…” quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5dc/ta-nehisi-coates-733_achievement_winning-the-white-house-was-an-achieveme_47651.jpg)
![“[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.” quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/feb/ta-nehisi-coates-733_ability_grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama_75931.jpg)
