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Repeat the Question: April Ryan Asked President Trump if He Were a Racist in 2018

April Ryan
October 1, 2020

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President Trump did not condemn white supremacy at Tuesday’s debate. He was given another chance yesterday but instead deflected by demanding Joe Biden condemn antifa.

Back in January 2018 at an MLK event at the White House April Ryan asked President Trump if he were a racist. She was ridiculed by right wing media and received hate mail and death threats from Trump loyalists.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

On Aug 31, 2020, I told @AnaCabrera on @CNN that @realDonaldTrump was the #RacistInChief & he was trying to start a race war.

The other panelists said I was being extreme. GOP media lashed out.

Then Trump wouldn’t denounce White Supremacists at #Debates2020 & folks are shocked.
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) October 1, 2020

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan