Because for almost eight years, all of the racism was directed at him - mostly by GOP Congresspersons. [Don’t even try to argue that my interpretation of GOP obstruction as racism is invalid. read more
Lot of the timing of the current movement to remove the monuments to traitors is a backlash to the country electing an open racist as the president and how emboldened White supremacist have become after that election. The GOP moving from dog whistles to a bull horn was inevitably going to create a counter narrative. read more