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Source: Vanity fair
After a week of nonstop criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike for comments many condemned as racially charged, Donald Trump claims to be altering his campaign to be a little more inclusive. While the presumptive G.O.P. has long promised to make America great again, Trump now says hes adding two words to slogan to illustrate just how non-racist he really is.
You know, I have the theme make America great again, and I've added a couple of things, Trump announced to supporters at a campaign rally in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday night. Right now Im adding make America great againIm adding for everyone, because its really going to be for everyone. Its not going to be for a group of people, its going to be for everyone. Its true.
The allegedly amended slogan, which has yet to appear on any official signage or Trump merchandise, comes after the presidential candidate spent the first half of June repeatedly denouncing Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge of Mexican heritage presiding over the Trump University class action lawsuit, as inherently biased against him. (Curiel was born in Indiana.) His comments were widely condemned by the Washington political establishment, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who suggested he may be an idiot, and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who called Trumps statement the textbook definition of a racist comment.
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