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Donald Trump was speaking to a crowd of supporters Friday in Redding, California, when he decided to point one of them out.
"Oh, look at my African-American over here," Trump yelled out in the middle of the rally. "Look at him. Are you the greatest? You know what I'm talking about?"
The presumptive Republican nominee for president then continued to tell a story about how another black supporter assaulted a protester at one of his rallies in March.
The comment seemed to go unnoticed by his supporters gathered in the hot sun at Redding airport, but it was quickly picked up on Twitter by people noticing his use of "my African-American," which stoked a sense of ownership over a black supporter.
Trump, who has repeatedly referred minorities as "the blacks" and "the Hispanics," has often come under fire for using racially tinged language.
Just this week, a prominent attorneys' group criticized the Republican candidate for attacking the heritage of a federal judge in California, who is presiding over a Trump University lawsuit.
In an interview Friday with CNN, Trump ramped up his attack on the judge's ethnic background, saying "He's a Mexican" and "that's why he's doing it."
Watch Trump's comment from the Friday rally here:
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LINK: Trump Escalates Attack On American-Born Judge: “He’s A Mexican”
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