CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, in her live coverage of the inauguration of President Donald Trump, said: “I have to say, I’m looking at this crowd, I do not see many people of color. Does any — does anybody else besides me observe that? I’m fascinated by why that is.”
The implication, of course, is that Trump, despite getting a greater percentage of the black vote than any Republican presidential candidate in the last 48 years, is racist.
ABC’s The View co-host Sunny Hostin, who is black, had the opposite complaint. She slammed black entertainers, like rappers Snoop Dogg and Nelly, for appearing and performing at Trump inaugural events. Noting that Trump’s inauguration fell on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Hostin played a video clip of black former Bill Clinton aide Keith Boykin, who said, “You dishonor (King) when you go and perform for this…
