--- description: Donald Trump cut an interview short with a journalist after the correspondent asked him to address criticism that he’s racist and sexist title: Donald Trump Walked Off of an Interview After a Question About Racism image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Walked Off of an Interview After a Question About Racism  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2016 11:21 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2016 11:21 PM CUT Donald Trump on Thursday [cut an interview short](http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/20/watch-colleen-marshalls-1-on-1-interview-with-donald-trump/ "undefined") with an Ohio journalist after the correspondent asked him to address criticism that he’s racist and sexist. The [Republican nominee](http://time.com/4538855/donald-trump-election-results-recount/?xid=homepage "undefined") quietly thanked NBC 4’s Colleen Marshall and began to walk away while she was halfway through asking him how he feels about being “labeled a racist” and “called a sexist” so close to Election Day. When she proceeded to probe him for his response, he said: “I am the least racist person you’ve ever met.” > [](https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/789220161161232384) Trump had been discussing an array of topics with Marshall, including his claims that the election is rigged and Republican leaders who have withdrawn their support from him, for about three minutes before she brought up the apparently sensitive issue. \[[_NBC 4_](http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/20/watch-colleen-marshalls-1-on-1-interview-with-donald-trump/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4539864/donald-trump-walks-interview-racism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4539864/donald-trump-walks-interview-racism/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Walked Off of an Interview After a Question About Racism","datePublished":"2016-10-20T23:21:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:18:34.815Z","description":"But not before saying \"I am the least racist person you’ve ever met\"","url":"https://time.com/4539864/donald-trump-walks-interview-racism/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4539864/donald-trump-walks-interview-racism/","name":"Donald Trump Walked Off of an Interview After a Question About Racism"}}]}] ```