Lazy journos at work! Here's why Donald Trump's tweet from March 2015 on a 'Mexican judge' isn't racist

So, this old tweet from Donald Trump is making the rounds and people are pretty sure it confirms that Trump is a racist:

I hope the Mexican judge is more honest than the Mexican businessmen who used the court system to avoid paying me the money they owe me.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2015

Some examples:

That last Trump tweet was NOT from this week. It's from March of 2015 – before he was running. At least he's consistent in his racism.

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) June 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/JESnowden/status/740346322499305472

For those keeping track at home, this tweet is from long before Trump was "building a wall." Racist. https://t.co/3X1AzeMFUV

— Justin Davis (@ErrorJustin) June 8, 2016

I'm Jewish, a lefty, and root for the Baltimore O's. I know how to carry a bitter grudge. But this man is An Artist. https://t.co/DZduI2DmNd

— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 8, 2016

Others are noting the date without comment, we assume to prove that Trump’s criticism of the “Mexican judge” predates his running for president:

This is a real Donald Trump tweet from last March. https://t.co/HMQ23xJD3J

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) June 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/740344420449570816

hmm https://t.co/RAlm51wMsj

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) June 8, 2016

This is making the rounds…Trump tweeted March 2015 https://t.co/ztgOkXDpVz

— John Santucci (@Santucci) June 8, 2016

#throwbackTuesday https://t.co/FzZ6MoDgbR

— Candace Smith (@CandaceSmith_) June 8, 2016

What lazy hacks. Trump is tweeting about a “Mexican judge” because this case is regarding a dispute in Mexico against Mexican businessman Rodolfo Rosas Moya and the Miss Universe pageant, not his Trump University lawsuit. Do these journos not understand how to do a search-by-date on Twitter?

Lazy journos at work! Here's why Donald Trump's tweet from March 2015 on a 'Mexican judge' isn't racist

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