A look back at Trump's comments surrounding race

President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Jackson Saturday for the openings of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Mississippi Museum of History, and many are braced for what the president may say.

While some past controversial comments made by the president at press conferences and via Twitter have drawn criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike, other remarks by Trump during previous civil rights events also have been well-received.

The Clarion Ledger compiled a list of several comments surrounding race that Trump made as a candidate, president-elect and president.

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"They're rapists."

Announcing his bid for president in 2015, Trump attacked Mexico and Mexican immigrants.

"When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best," he said. "They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

"No spirit"

At the Maryland GOP annual dinner in June 2015, then-candidate Trump said African American teens have reached "a point where they've just about never done more poorly, there's no spirit, there’s killings on an hourly basis virtually in places like Baltimore and Chicago and many other places."

David Duke

In February 2016, Trump disavowed former KKK imperial wizard David Duke, saying, "I disavow, OK?"

Then, in an interview on CNN, Trump said, "I know nothing about David Duke. I know nothing about white supremacists. And so you're asking me a question that I'm supposed to be talking about people that I know nothing about.

"You wouldn't want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about. I would have to look. If you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them. And certainly, I would disavow if I thought there was something wrong."

Trump later blamed his hesitancy to answer on a bad earpiece.

"I love Hispanics!"

In a tweet from May 2016, Trump posted with a taco salad, his thumbs up.

"Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!"

Claiming an American judge was biased because "he's a Mexican."

At a rally in California, also in May 2016, candidate Trump referenced U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curie, the judge in the class action lawsuit against Trump University.

“The judge, who happens to be, we believe, Mexican…I think the Mexicans are going to end up loving Donald Trump.”

Curie, an American citizen, was born in Indiana.

At the same rally, Trump said, “I really like when they put up ‘Latinos for Trump.’ ‘Latinos for Trump.’ I love it. We’re going to do great with Latinos.”

In an interview with CNN the following month, Trump again referenced Curie, saying he would not rule impartially on a class action suit involving Trump University because "he's a Mexican."

"He's a Mexican," Trump said. "We’re building a wall between here and Mexico. The answer is, he is giving us very unfair rulings — rulings that people can’t even believe."

"My African American"

“Oh look at my African American over here,” Trump proclaimed at a California rally in June 2016. “Are you the greatest?"

The man, who told the New York Times he was not a Trump supporter, said he was not offended by the remark.

Comments on a Gold Star family

Khizr Khan, father of the late Army Captain Humayun Khan, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016, questioning Trump's knowledge of the Constitution. Khan's wife, Ghazala, stood beside him.

The family is Muslim and Ghazala wears a headscarf.

In an interview with ABC News, Trump responded to Khan's speech, questioning why Ghazala Khan didn't speak.

“If you look at his wife, she was standing there," Trump said. "She had nothing to say. She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me."

"Barack Obama was born in the United States."

In September 2016, Trump read a written statement that contradicted years of his birther conspiracy theories that questioned whether or not former president Barack Obama was born in the United States. Obama was born in Hawaii.

"African Americans and Hispanics are living in hell."

In a presidential debate in September 2016, Trump said “We need law and order. If we don’t have it, we’re not going to have a country.

“African Americans and Hispanics are living in hell. You walk down the street and you get shot.”

Fortune quoted Trump as warning of “gangs roaming the street," saying, “African American communities are being decimated by crime.”

"Anti-semitism is horrible"

"Whether it's anti-semitism or racism, anything you want to think about having to do with the divide, anti-semitism is, likewise, it's just terrible...I think you've maybe had it longer than people think and it maybe gets brought up more but I will tell you anti-semitism is horrible and it's going to stop and it has to stop."

"They shook up the world"

In a weekly address in February, Black History Month, President Trump mostly spoke about the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C.

The museum serves as a "shining example of African Americans incredible contribution to our culture, our society and our history," he said.

"It also tells of the great struggle for freedom and equality that prevailed against the sins of slavery and the injustice of discrimination."

Referencing Mohamed Ali, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Martin Luther King, Trump said, "They shook up the world for the better because they inspired our nation to march towards justice and freedom for all."

"Today, and every day, I pledge to continue that march so that every American, no matter his background, no matter her background, has the chance to climb that great ladder of success.

"I want every African American child, family and worker to have access to great schools, safe communities and good paying jobs. I want every disadvantaged child in America to have a choice about where they go to school, so important. I also want to honor and promote the achievements of historically black colleges and universities throughout our nation. They do a fantastic job. They're not given the credit that they deserve and they're going to start getting that credit."

"Blame on both sides"

After white nationalists rallied in Charlottesville, North Carolina, in October to protest the removal of a Confederate statue, resulting in the death of a peaceful protestor, Trump blamed the violence on "hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.”

The New York Times quoted Trump calling for the “swift restoration of law and order,” as he offered a plea for unity among Americans of “all races, creeds and colors."

Then, at a press conference two days later, Trump spoke out against racism, saying, "Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the K.K.K., neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans."

The following day, Trump doubled down on blaming those protesting the white nationalists, referring to them as the "alt-left."

"What about the alt-left," Trump asked. "Do they have any semblance of guilt? They came charging, as you say, the alt-right. Do they have any semblance of guilt?"

Then, referencing the group of white people who carried torches and yelled racial slurs, Trump said, "I've condemned many different groups but not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists, believe me, by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue, Robert E. Lee."

"Pocahontas"

President Trump hosted the Native American Code Talkers at the White House in November, honoring their contribution during WWI and WWII.

While honoring the two men present, Trump referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, as "Pocahontas."

"You're very, very special people," Trump said. "You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas. But you know what. I like you. Because you are special."

Warren claimed to have Native American heritage as part Cherokee. Pocahontas was a member of the Pamunkey Tribe.

Anti-Muslim retweets

At the end of November, Trump retweeted three anti-Muslim videos from the deputy leader of Britain First, Jayda Fransen. Fransen has been convicted of a 2016 incident where she harassed a Muslim woman wearing a hijab.

One of the videos showed a boy in crutches being attacked by a "Muslim migrant." The perpetrator in the video was born and raised in the Netherlands, according to a tweet from the Netherlands Embassy.

Trump did not comment on the posts.