How is it that when somebody says, "I am the least racist person that you've ever encountered," you know that person is a racist?
There's a fairly straightforward but interesting psychological answer, which I'll get to eventually, but first I want to get together a clear picture of the whole thing about the boxing promoter Don King, and the political endorsement, since Trump issued that Tweet on Friday morning:
The great boxing promoter, Don King, just endorsed me. Nice!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2016
The 84-year-old King promptly denied it, in an interview in Louisville with the Daily News Friday afternoon:
“No,” King told the Daily News at the funeral for Muhammad Ali. “I’m endorsing the people. I’m not a Republican or a Democrat, I’m a Republicrat, and I go with the will of the people. The only reason Trump exists is because of the will of the people.”But on Saturday afternoon he explained to USA Today that the News had misinterpreted him, and that he had in fact endorsed Trump, leading Sam Levine at the Huffington Post to suspect some skullduggery on the order of
