Why did Trump feel obliged to even use the qualifier?
It is not a qualifier. It's an adjective. And as so many people have been saying that Hispanics, of which Mexican-americans are a subset of, hate TRump, Trump thought it was relevant..
Trump didn't talk about "Hispanics" or "Mexican Americans
Trump: U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel “happens to be, we believe Mexican, which is great. I think that’s fine,”
I did not say that he did.
My point, the OBVIOUS point is that your lefty accusation of racism on this incident in absurdly hypocritical, because you have all been saying that this judge, as a individual included in the group Hispanic, hates Trump, for MONTHS.
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Your pretense that you see no connection between "Hispanics" and a "Mexican" is a lie designed to fool only the willfully gullible.