As Summer Heated Up, Trump's Tweets About Non-White Democrats Intensified
An NPR analysis shows that President Trump's Twitter broadsides against Democrats in Congress have intensified since July, especially against non-white lawmakers.
by Ayesha Rascoe
Oct 10, 2019
3 minutes
President Trump uses his Twitter feed the way past presidents used the White House briefing room. It's the place where he announces policy and delivers his message to the American people. And it's also the place where he, often gleefully, tries to skewer his political opponents.
As the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry continues and Trump's own re-election efforts gather speed, an NPR analysis shows that Trump's broadsides against Democrats in Congress have intensified since July. And his language about non-white lawmakers has also grown more heated.
NPR examined Trump's tweets, both positive and negative, about every
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