Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Monday that racists believe President Trump is a racist.
“Racists think he’s a racist,” Booker said in an interview set to air on CNN’s “Hardball” when host Chris Matthews asked him if he believes Trump is a racist.
“His language hurts people,” the New Jersey lawmaker continued. “The way he’s talking is making people afraid.”
{mosads}Booker did not directly label Trump a racist, something some of his fellow 2020 Democratic candidates have done.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said in February that it was was not possible to reach any other conclusion but that Trump is a racist.
“When you talk about him calling African countries s-hole countries, when you talk about him referring to immigrants as rapists and murderers, I don’t think you can reach any other conclusion,” Harris said.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last year called Trump a “racist bully.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has said multiple times that he believes Trump is a racist.
“We must be honest and straightforward and say that we have a president who is a racist,” Sanders said last year.
“A president who is a sexist. A president who is a homophobe. A president who is a xenophobe and a president who is a religious bigot. And it gives me no joy to tell you that. But that is the simple truth and we’ve got to confront that truth,” he continued.