I watched this clip.
This is the "trump affect" for me.
1. When he stated that the gubernatorial candidate "articulated" his socialist stance much better than the other democrats, I don't think in any way he was trying to slight his opponent.
2. When he said, "we don't want to monkey this up" when referring to his black opponent...I cringed because there were so many other words that could have been used rather than "monkey" and it sounded forced.
3. After hearing people say calling him "articulate" was racist, it made me completely ignore the "monkey up" comment.
They keep doing it to themselves.