On the May 5, 2016 edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, actor Rob Reiner suggested the reason Trump had won the GOP nomination was because "there are a lot of people who are racist in this country."
NBC’s Willie Geist: “How do you explain the millions and millions of people who do not watch this show who actually like what they hear from Donald Trump — and aren’t taking messages and orders from us in the media — but they listen to what he says for themselves and vote for him. How do you explain that?”
Actor/activist Rob Reiner: “Well, there are a lot of people who are racist in this country.”