Here's How Jelani Cobb Responded to Larry Kudlow's Assertion That Trump Doesn't Have 'A Hate Bone in His Body'

"He's not a rookie politician, he's the president of the United States."

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Last evening’s The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC featured the guest pairing of conservative commentator and Trump supporter Larry Kudlow and journalism professor and New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb.

The topic was, as host Ari Melber described it, the “entire sweep” of President Trump’s comments on Charlottesville, from “both sides” to “racism is evil” and back, but expanded out into a larger look at Trump’s history with race.

“He’s had this kind of belligerent and truculent attitude and some very troubling ideas about race going back for a very long time,” said Cobb.

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