Former Apprentice contestant and White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman has claimed she has tape of President Trump uttering the N-word.
When White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders can't deny the story there's a pretty good chance we're going to hear Trump at his ugliest. So let's suppose this tape exists.
Using the Access Hollywood tape as a guide, there was initially a lot of condemnation from Republicans. Trump himself issued something which was as close to an apology as he gets. Then came "it was just locker room talk" argument. Republicans fell in line and the rest is history.
As such I believe history will repeat itself. So if there's a tape of Trump uttering the N-word, Republicans will condemn him and Trump will attempt some contrition. From there, someone like Kanye West will defend his use of the N-word. This will give the space for Republicans and Fox News to use the N-word liberally to the point where they fall all over each other to say it. And with that, Trump will have danced on the third rail and what's left of our veneer of civility will crumble. When Trump is re-elected in 2020, the N-word tape will be rendered a footnote.
Should this come to pass then it can be said that Trump could shoot people on Fifth Avenue without affecting his popularity.
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