Schiff: Trump Uses Racism as 'Political Strategy'

President Donald Trump is using racism as a “political strategy,” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., charged Sunday.

In an interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation,” the House Intelligence Committee head said, “I think tragically, the president has decided racism is good politics.”

“There’s a reason he keeps returning to attacking these women of color and the rhetoric that he uses,” Schiff said, referring to the four minority congresswomen Trump has targeted — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

And citing a “send her back” chant at a Trump rally last week, Schiff said, “The crowd’s ugly, racist chant didn’t materialize out of nothing: it came from the president’s own tweet and words and incendiary rhetoric.”

“This wasn’t a one off either,” he added. “This was the same president who said there we good people on both sides of a neo-Nazi rally. This is who he is and he thinks it’s a winning political strategy.” 

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