'Trump effect' may embolden people to express racism: Study February 25, 2020 at 04:04AM

He referred to the Mexican immigrants as rapists, and reiterated his intention to build a "beautiful wall" at the border. In the years since the election, the researchers said, many have speculated his racially inflammatory speech empowered people with latent prejudices to finally act on them -- a phenomenon known as the "Trump effect."