...then why has he spent his entire career saying deeply and shamelessly racist and misogynistic things?
Lest we forget, this is the guy who made Birtherism mainstream. And all of these things that he has said as a matter of campaign strategy he has said in public, on a national stage, as part of a successful major-party presidential campaign. And he doesn't have a problem with all of this - quite the contrary. He actively embraces it.
I absolutely believe Trump and his supporters when they say he's "authentic." He's not bulls****ting; this is what he really believes. And he will be the next President of the United States of America. Think about that for a moment.
Yes, of course, challenging the legitimacy of someone's presidency makes one a racist. That's probably one of the most foolish claims I've yet heard!