New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu knocked President Donald Trump Thursday, saying racists feel “much more emboldened” since Trump took office last year.
According to a report from CBS News, Landrieu insisted that “not everybody that voted for Donald Trump is a racist.”
"We're better in this country when we're together," he told reporters Thursday at a Bloomberg News breakfast. "Diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness. You come to the table of democracy as equals and that will take us in a much better direction on the spectrum of what your political philosophy might be."
CBS News reports that Landrieu sidestepped a question about mayors running for president in 2020. Landrieu said that he doesn't intend to be a candidate, but implied that he could change his mind. Landrieu has been touted as a potential Democratic candidate for president and future challenger to Trump.