Political commentator Keith Boykin brought out receipts for fellow “CNN NewsNight” panelist Batya Ungar-Sargon on Monday after the journalist and author dismissed Donald Trump’s racism. (Watch the fiery exchange below).
Boykin swiftly responded to Ungar-Sargon after she called it “appalling” that Trump hasn’t condemned leaked texts from Paul Ingrassia, one of his nominees, in which he describes having “a Nazi streak” and remarks on his hope that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday gets “tossed into the seventh circle of Hell.”
“Because Donald Trump has a history of racism himself,” replied Boykin, a former White House aide to Bill Clinton.
“No, that’s not true,” said Ungar-Sargon, a self-described “MAGA Lefty.”
“Are you kidding me?!?” Boykin hit back.
Boykin proceeded to shred Ungar-Sargon’s claim by noting that Trump “started his career with racism.”
“In the 1970s, he was sued for housing discrimination. In 1989, he was a part of the — he led the lynch mob against the Central Park Five. In the 1990s, he was sued by casino workers for racial discrimination,” Boykin began.
“He led a five-and-a-half-year campaign against Barack Obama for allegedly not having an accurate birth certificate. Donald Trump came into office talking about he was, he was going to ban Muslims and he called Mexicans — were supposedly bringing drugs —.”
Moments later, Boykin turned to Trump welcoming white South African refugees to the U.S. but not Black South African refugees earlier this year.
“What can be more racist then that?” he asked.
He went on to argue that Black people are the “most loyal group” against Trump because they could “clearly see through the charade.”
“He has a 50-year history of racism,” Boykin added.
“Why did a majority of Hispanic men vote for him if he’s a racist?” Ungar-Sargon asked.
“I’m not a Hispanic person,” Boykin replied. “I can tell you as a Black man that Donald Trump is a racist, that’s unquestionable.”