Obama Calls Trump A Racist... Learns Very Quickly That Was A HUGE Mistake For some time now, critics of Donald Trump have accused him of being a racist. Most recently, theyve targeted his comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the Mexican-American federal judge presiding over the Trump University lawsuits. In a controversial statement, Trump said that Curiel should recuse himself from the cases because his immigration platform poses a fundamental conflict of interest. Of course, liberals jumped all over this. But what they failed to recognize was a previous matter, concerning the Department of Justice and Judge A. Ashley Tabaddor, who is of Iranian descent. The Justice Department grew concerned of what they deemed an appearance of impropriety after Tabaddor attended a 2012 White House meeting with other Iranian-Americans. Her superiors recommended that she recuse herself from future cases involving Iranian nationals. That recommendation later became an order. It is not an uncommon thing for parties to be asked to remove themselves from cases if there appears to be any conflict of interest or bias. Still, Tabaddor sued the Department of Justice, claiming the order violated her First Amendment rights. According to the judges lawsuit, no one has accused her of bias. Instead, Justice Department officials were concerned with the appearance of impropriety. They ultimately settled with Tabaddor in 2015 for $200,000 with a promise to review their recusal policies. This was a case of the DOJ forcing someone to recuse herself because of her race. In Trumps case, he is simply suggesting a change because of policy positions. What do you think? Is Trump justified in being concerned? 