Lawrence O'Donnell: Trump Is 'Racists' Greatest Hero' (VIDEO)

Lawrence O'Donnell called Donald Trump "the racists' greatest hero" for his continued promotion of birtherism.

Trump has now been on his crusade of doubt about President Obama's natural-born citizenship for over a month. The media tour has taken him to a seemingly endless array of news programs, and he has continued to insist that he has grave doubts about whether Obama was born in the United States. For nearly as long, O'Donnell has been on an anti-Trump crusade, hammering the real estate magnate and reality show host over and over again, and lambasting NBC--his own corporate parent--for its continued association with Trump. On his Thursday show, though, O'Donnell put Trump's flirtation with a presidential run, and his embrace of birtherism, in perhaps his grimmest terms yet.

He said that Trump "must realize by now" that, while some of the "hatred" people feel for President Obama is policy-based, "probably even more of it...is based on simple old-fashioned racism."

O'Donnell continued, "millions of this country's most virulent racists now feel they have someone they could vote for for president...they hope that he is every bit as racist as they are...Donald Trump may not be a racist but he is now the racists' greatest hero. He is their frontman."

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Comments

[dw29376]

09:27 PM on 04/30/2011

O'Donnell has been spot on lately!

[Versh]

01:55 PM on 04/28/2011

I guess it must be true then. I take him at his word. If he says he is....

[dalfie]

09:12 PM on 04/27/2011

Donald has been insulted in every way possible. The man has no shame. He's a true blue racist and doesn't mind being called out for it.

The only thing that hurts him is losing money. Money is the god he worships.

[Meldy1]

01:25 AM on 04/27/2011

Donald Trumped sans classes..in french a stinking liar.

[rview]

12:22 AM on 04/27/2011

Trump is entertainment. Everyone knows it. You're falling right into and getting way too emotional like you do with just about everything. You incessant whining and finger wagging is getting old and you've only been hosting this show for how long?...Where do you go from here? Tone it down.

[listay]

08:24 PM on 04/27/2011

I totally agree! It is amazing how much time is put on whether Trump is going to run or not. That is way more ridiculous than the President of the USA's birth place. You try to make everything about race and it just is NOT. That is the easy way to get some emotions stirred up for and I guess that is what you want - so sad!! I have never watched you and never will again! Be a journalist and not a sensationalist.

[rview]

01:09 AM on 04/28/2011

Yes, let's find another program!

[janemarple]

07:04 PM on 04/26/2011

What if Obama were 100% White ? Would the fact that all his records are in lock down be challenged ? Probably would be, imo.
Personally think this is a tempest in a teapot, and the President has his detractors to be sure, but I'm not sure this is about Race. There is plenty to criticize about his policies. However even honest criticism is met with accusations of bias. It is hard to have a leader that no one is allowed to find fault with, I don't think that's the kind of gov't. anybody wants.

[Faith1101]

04:35 PM on 04/26/2011

Playing the only card the True Believers have - the race card. Now that we've established that Barack doesn't have a Hawaiian birth certificate, can we start working on the dead guy's Social Security number he's using?

[kbkgza]

05:11 PM on 04/26/2011

Kool-aid anyone?

[zaglossus]

04:12 PM on 04/26/2011

Go to one of the reader's comments boards for conservative websites like Foxnation and Lucianne.com and the racism is right out in the open. These are the same sites that have positive Trump stories all over the place.

[KarateKid]

03:42 PM on 04/26/2011

The first sign of a person's racism is when they say, "oh, you're playing the race card again."

[Steve David]

12:40 PM on 04/26/2011

Why does O'Donnell always look like he want's to kill something, Chill dude.

[mongus]

08:59 PM on 04/25/2011

Lawrence just lambasted Rush and schooled him about "What would Jesus do".

Poor Rush. Sad Rush. Ignor_ant Rush.

[CynAnne]

12:01 AM on 04/26/2011

Since the story isn't up on HP (yet), I fetched the link so everyone can see a truly AMAZING smack-down of the human boil known as Rush "Mr. Potter" Limbo: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/4275695642756956 ...thank you, Lawrence, thank you.

[Piglet2]

04:20 PM on 04/26/2011

Lawrence has been brilliant the past week on his rewrites. O'Donnell is a very smart man.

[Sean777]

05:40 PM on 04/25/2011

Boycott Trump’s businesses for his continued promotion of birtherism !!!!!!!!!!

[Andrew FingerlickingGree]

07:19 PM on 04/25/2011

Not that I needed much encouragement to boycott him (since he's so arrogant) I've stopped watching Celeb Apprentice,

[Diasamax]

02:56 PM on 04/26/2011

Which includes his line of men's wear, watches, water, ice and everything else he has his name on. He probably has a tanning spray with his name on it, probably endorsed by Crayola!

[nogornc]

05:34 PM on 04/25/2011

Trump is a dislocated rich boy who knows only those who have never struggled. Take his new anti-choice stance...not because of some ideological struggle, religious awakening. No, ofcourse it was a MALE friend of his who was caught with a pregnant mistress and is now happy his mistress kept the baby - classic narcissist!

[MrJoyboy]

04:03 PM on 04/25/2011

And if he's not their hero, he's at least their court jester.

[Max Shaw]

03:35 PM on 04/25/2011

Great point. Actually makes a lot of sense.