Trump’s racist post about the Obamas was a wake-up call for some. Why did it take so long? | Jamil Smith

2026-02-11 - 17:15

The racism was not new. What was new was the inability to look past it. For a moment, at least, the blinders were off John from New Mexico, a self-professed lifelong Republican, called into C-Span’s Washington Journal earlier this month with penitence on his mind. “I voted for the president and supported him,” he began. “But I really want to apologize.” Jamil Smith is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...