Former President Trump on Wednesday clashed with an ABC News correspondent at a convention of Black journalists, slamming her “disgraceful” questioning after she asked why Black voters should trust him with another term.
Yes, Trump, let the hate flow through you. Unleash your racism in a flood of glorious hate for all the world to watch on the television, and show the world who you truly are.
In a world where everything revolves around pushing the most information inside a short attention span, this can matter a lot. A clip can go viral, become a meme, become repeated and played again and again, it doesn't matter what someone did over a few months if everything they hear about that person is what they did in a couple of seconds.
Having trump calling someone the N-word, on video, would become a lightning rod of confirmation that people can shove into others' faces, and show them that "do you want to vote for this man"? It doesn't take 1 hour of explanation, it takes 10 seconds of a sideline TikTok video.