Since Trump's election, observers have argued that his racially inflammatory speech has emboldened people with deeply held prejudices to act on them — a phenomenon that the Southern Poverty Law Center, among others, refers to as the "Trump effect."

Is it true? Have Trump's remarks normalized public expressions of bias? In brief, yes. The new study finds causal evidence suggesting that Trump's inflammatory campaign remarks have encouraged some Americans to voice prejudice toward Latinos.

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