Trump Says He's 'The Least Racist Person In This Room' At Final Presidential Debate

US President Donald Trump declared, yet again, that hes the least racist person while responding to a question on race in America during the final presidential debate on Thursday opposite Democratic nominee Joe Biden .

In making his statement to Kristen Welker , the first Black woman to moderate a presidential debate since 1992, Trump attempted to backpedal on his hateful rhetoric toward Black Americans.

Welker challenged Trump for calling the Black Lives Matter movement a symbol of hate, for tweeting a video of a Florida supporter chanting white power and for slamming Black athletes for exercising their First Amendment rights, asking him what he has to say to people who argue that his comments are contributing to a climate of racial violence.

Trump claimed that his first glimpse of Black Lives Matter was a terrible thing, citing a 2015 protest march in which some involved shouted Pigs in a blanket, fry em like bacon about police officers.

That protest, held by a Black Lives Matter group in St. Paul, Minnesota, was an independent entity not affiliated with the national Black Lives Matter organisation, as reported by CNN , and theres no evidence the chant has been used by the national organisation, by any Black Lives Matter groups in the New York City area, or by Black Lives Matter activists anywhere outside Minnesota.

Continuing his response to Welkers question, Trump offered the jaw-dropping comment: As far as my relationships with all people, I think I have great relationships with all people. I am the least racist person in this room.

Donald Trump tells a Black woman hes the least racist person in the room. #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/HRiwIG5ToD

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Donald Trump tells a Black woman hes the least racist person in the room. #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/HRiwIG5ToD
Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 23, 2020

Welker continued to press Trump, asking again what he says to Americans who are concerned by his words and actions. He avoided the question, instead saying he didnt know what to say and that people can say anything about him.

It makes me sad because I am the least racist person. I cant even see the audience because it is so dark, but I dont care whos in the audience. I am the least racist person in this room, he reiterated.

Trump has declared hes the least racist person before, most recently in 2019 when he said he was the least racist person in the world. But this boast was particularly egregious for many viewers, who couldnt help but note the significance of him saying that directly to Welker:

The most memorable part of the debate for me: President Trump said \"I'm the least racist person in this room.\"

Kristen Welker, a black woman, was in the room.#PresidentialDebate2020 #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/xf8Qo4QEpO

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The most memorable part of the debate for me: President Trump said "I'm the least racist person in this room."

Kristen Welker, a black woman, was in the room.#PresidentialDebate2020 #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/xf8Qo4QEpO
Eric Cox (@EricCoxTV) October 23, 2020

Also, can we take a second to acknowledge that Trump said to Kristen Welker... A BLACK WOMAN ... that he's the least racist person in the room #Debates2020

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Also, can we take a second to acknowledge that Trump said to Kristen Welker... A BLACK WOMAN ... that he's the least racist person in the room #Debates2020
Yara shahidi (@YaraShahidi) October 23, 2020

My favorite part is when Trump told a woman of color, Kristen Welker, that HE was the least racist person in the whole room

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My favorite part is when Trump told a woman of color, Kristen Welker, that HE was the least racist person in the whole room
Adrienne (@adriennegraf) October 23, 2020

\"I'm the least racist person in the room!\"

Kristin Welker: pic.twitter.com/fjiQ51mT3b

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"I'm the least racist person in the room!"

Kristin Welker: pic.twitter.com/fjiQ51mT3b
Daniel 'danbanbam' Spencer (@danbanbam) October 23, 2020

Trump had been bashing Welker to the media before the debate, and he called her extraordinarily unfair during a rally last week in Wisconsin. Just days later, he described her as a radical left Democrat, or whatever she is and even claimed that shed been screaming questions at me for a long time. Shes no good.

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