Or we recognize the extreme stretching that comes from the left in taking what he said and turning it into something completely different. As such, I wanted him to (but I know he wont) go re-watch the exact things Trump said or did that "said its ok to hate". There aren't any. It is all fabricated by cognitive dissonance. Because of this, it doesn't matter that Trump may be one of the best things that happens to the socially liberal minded segment of the US because they wont see or listem to what he is actually saying/doing.
I have no idea if Trump is actually a racist, and to my knowledge he's always been good about maintaining plausible deniability in all of his statements. But he is definitely cultivating xenophobia and hate. He would constantly throw out the shape of a racist idea and then backpedal, reeling the hook in:
Lets ban muslims from entering the country, you know that's not very different from the Japanese internment camps, oh I don't like the idea of internment camps but can't say for sure either way, but we definitely have to do something, like maybe a Muslim database, well maybe I won't have a Muslim database after all.
or:
Oh, my supporters beat up an (ethnic) homeless man? That might be a shame, but either way at least they are very passionate! Oh, a black protester got beat up at my rally? Maybe he should have been beat up, but I wouldn't really know the details.
I get it. Trump is a super intellectual and therefore cannot say very much for sure because of course everything depends heavily on the exact circumstances. But any reasonable politician NOT courting the racist demographic would definitively come out against these actions, and any future violence.
Trump never outright said "it's OK to hate, " he
demonstrated that it's ok to hate by condoning the hate.
Think what you want of Clinton (I sure do), but when her supporters attacked Trump supporters, she immediately denounced it. Obviously, there are assholes in all parties, and she may be insincere, but she did what she could to stop violence. The same cannot be said of Trump.