“Oh, look at my African-American over there.”

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In a speech on June 3rd, 2016 in Redding, California, Trump is telling a story about an African-American man who was in attendance at one of his rallies in which a protester was dressed in a KKK outfit. Trump then says he wants to find out whats going on with the African-American man, and proceeds to point him out in the crowd saying, "Oh, look at my African-American over there."

Tagged: Race, rally, KKK

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