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You write, quote, that the president is vexed by a branding crisis of his own. how to shed this label of racist. the risk for trump is the pejorative that has long dogged him becomes defining. how is it that the president's surprised by this label, considering the things that he is willing to say in public? >> yeah, that's a good question. i'm not sure he is so surprised by it as much as he is just angry about it and frustrated that he is being called a racist. it's not just a political label that his democratic opponents are using. it's actually the truth right now. i mean, the tweets that he...

Racist is the new cultural anxiety for trump supporters." matt gorman communications director for the nrcc and former aide to jeb bush and mitt romney and former adviser to hillary clinton and msnbc political analyst. i want to start with that stunning sound we heard from vaughn. eugene, this really gets to the heart of the piece that you wrote in "the washington post." what did you take away from the sentiments that voter was expressing there? >> i covered the 2016 election and i remember believing that there were more trump supporters than we knew based off of some people's discomfort with a...

You said something that was on the issue of race and racism, particularly what we hear from the president himself. but you drew a distinction with some of his voters. i do want to listen to that. >> what do you say to those trump voters who prioritize the economy over the president's bigotry. >> first of all, there are people that voted for donald trump before that aren't racist. they just wanted a better shake in the economy, so i would appeal to them. but i don't think anyone can justify what this president is doing. >> why did you think it was important to say that? >> it was a question. i ...

But i'm not sure she's going to end up making it to the top tier, having said that, she was impressive. >> it was critical for being on the stage after the first debate, i don't think it's such a bad thing for the democratic party to have somebody who can go there. out of ten candidates, out of 20 candidates and speak more generally about the challenges that are gripping the country. so again, she's, i'll just say it, she's not going to probably go anywhere in any of the primary contests, but certainly i think she got the tone right. >> yeah. >> when it came to what the battle lines really are...

Debates putting race and his devi divisive rhetoric at the center of our political conversation. he used the backdrop of the white house and the reach of his twitter feed to attack democrats and the cities they represent. how will democrats tonight handle the conversation as president trump tries to set the terms? how do they take on the president without taking the bait? here's how they tackled the issue last night. >> we need to call out white supremacy for what it is, domestic terrorism. and it poses a threat to the united states of america. >> there are people that voted for donald trump b...