The lead FBI agent in the Trump investigation sent this text:
08/26/2016 Strzok – Just went to a southern Virginia Walmart. I could SMELL the Trump support…
He later explained the comment at a congressional hearing:
“What I meant by that was, living in northern Virginia, having traveled the 100, 150 miles south within the same state, I was struck by the extraordinary difference in the expression of political opinion and belief amongst the community there and from where I lived,” Strzok stated (July 12, 2018)
If an FBI agent made a similar statement about the smell of Obama support in a poor inner city area, would it be considered racist?
Is prejudice against people from another part of the US a form of prejudice against people based on national origin?
