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'Disgusting!' Trump blamed after Republican's whites-only rant sparks clash on live TV

Citizenship as a White Club Is Not a DebateWhat HappenedA C-SPAN caller argued that America should restrict citizenship to white people and dressed the claim up in the language of history. A Democratic caller answered that the real engine behind this ugliness is Donald Trump, whom she described as riling up white supremacists. The exchange landed on a Latino host, who was asked how it felt to hear America defined that way.Power, Not ConfusionThe article is not really about two callers disagreeing. It is about who gets to define belonging when institutions pretend racist exclusion is just…

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