A lot of people say that Trump is trying to lose the election, and I don't really buy into that narrative at all, given his character, but it's still difficult for me to fully believe that he is so outrageously stupid that he thinks this would work on anyone.
Trump to African Americans: "What do you have to lose?, You're living in poverty"
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A lot of people say that Trump is trying to lose the election, and I don't really buy into that narrative at all, given his character, but it's still difficult for me to fully believe that he is so outrageously stupid that he thinks this would work on anyone.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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What do black dudes and dudettes have to lose? The right to vote.
Cause this fuck face being president means all the other piece of shit republican led states that are actively suppressing their votes already will have even more power to do so.
That is what they have to lose numb nuts.
Cause this fuck face being president means all the other piece of shit republican led states that are actively suppressing their votes already will have even more power to do so.
That is what they have to lose numb nuts.
Yep, I'm quite confident Trump would not have been brave enough to say what he said in a rally full of Black people. He says the crap surrounded by his mostly White supporters and to other White supporters maybe on the fence.
GeorgioCostanzaX
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Cousin died but he was upper middle class if you count my uncle's income: a Heroin is fucked up.
"When I'm president, all the black babies will be born with fathers. I'll choose only the most responsible black men to work for me and they can father the best black children in the country. Only the ones that are a good investment. We only want winners. The women can work the house and the men can learn a trade so long as they don't stray too far from the house where the children are.
It's about time to put black men back to work.
What do you have to lose?
I'm Donald Trump and I approved this message."
It's about time to put black men back to work.
What do you have to lose?
I'm Donald Trump and I approved this message."
walking fiend
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I am at a point that I read his or his defenders statements and they are so outrageous that I think there should be some meaning in them, no one can be so stupid, so there must be some meaning in it, something humane. I think I am becoming stupid too. Or insane. This is just too much.
The framers of the Constitution had no intention of allowing blacks the right to vote. Make America Great Again. Also, all lives matter.
;p
mrmickfran
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Every venture into Off Topic, I find a new low for Trump.
I think the worst thing about 24 hour news networks is that they just don't have enough time to devote to all of the awful things he says.
soundscream
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I didnt grow up in poverty
I went to a good school
I have a job
The thought of a Trump Presidency scares the shit out of me as a black man.......so no thank you.
I went to a good school
I have a job
The thought of a Trump Presidency scares the shit out of me as a black man.......so no thank you.
Man.
This is a clear sign of contempt and superiority over black people. It tells his base that if black people are left to their own devices they will remain poor and uneducated.
That black people continue to slap away the helping hand of their superiors.
That if black people don't vote for his cause it's because they don't know any better.
It allows his base to flirt with the idea that his isn't a racist platform because one time somewhere he said a thing that massaged their guilt.
I don't think he's trying to get black people in. I think he is telling his base what they wanted to hear because it makes them feel better and gives them a little more to rally behind.
This is a presidential nominee in 2016.
This is a clear sign of contempt and superiority over black people. It tells his base that if black people are left to their own devices they will remain poor and uneducated.
That black people continue to slap away the helping hand of their superiors.
That if black people don't vote for his cause it's because they don't know any better.
It allows his base to flirt with the idea that his isn't a racist platform because one time somewhere he said a thing that massaged their guilt.
I don't think he's trying to get black people in. I think he is telling his base what they wanted to hear because it makes them feel better and gives them a little more to rally behind.
This is a presidential nominee in 2016.
Aaronology
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Truth. All of this.
It's interesting how some people don't realize that "All Lives Matter" is exactly what "Black Lives Matter" is trying to convey, but instead read it as "Only Black Lives Matter." I struggle to understand where this disconnect comes from.
Then, on the opposite end of the spectrum from Donald Trump and his supporters, there are people like Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. Arrested at 19 in 1961 for being a Freedom Rider, a group of civil rights activists who risked their lives to ride desegregated interstate buses into Mississippi and the deep South.
...who also was prominent in sit ins:
...and fought for voting rights in the South:
...who marched with King.:
...and who continues to this day to be one of America's most amazing civil rights activists.
There are people who have literally devoted their entire lives to fighting for equality and then there are people like Tatertots, who seem completely oblivious to the African American reality. And it's depressing how impossible it seems to be to connect with the latter group, and how it's not just "old white people". Last year, Hillary told BLM that "you don't change hearts" and I thought it was somewhat harsh at the time, but I've resigned myself to agreeing with her. There seems to be a chasm between what black people are saying and what too much of white America chooses to hear. And Trump seems to be doing everything in his power to widen that gap.
Lord Frieza
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'I mean, you know you're all a bunch of flthy niggers leaving in filth, you're probably going to get raped at some point, cops might beat you for fun sometines. What do you have to lose, really?'
Even when Trump is trying to deliver some kind of appeal to anyone besides his base, it comes off so racist lol. I don't even know why he's trying. He's polling at 2% of the back vote. Even if he fot a 100% increase that would 4%.
Even when Trump is trying to deliver some kind of appeal to anyone besides his base, it comes off so racist lol. I don't even know why he's trying. He's polling at 2% of the back vote. Even if he fot a 100% increase that would 4%.
Big Green Anus
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What honestly was the point in handling Playdough? Does Playdough absorbs water or something?
Atraveller
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Can't wait to see him try getting other minority groups to vote for him.
Voysa Reezun
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As someone wrote here on this site before, people with their heads on straight read "Black Lives Matter" as "Black Lives Matter, Too" and the racists and people who don't give a shit about black folks read "Black Lives Matter" as "Only Black Lives Matter."
Whoever said that pretty much nailed it.
Whoever said that pretty much nailed it.
Dangerous maybe but all evidence suggests otherwise. Single digit support from black Americans, ~10% support from those from a hispanic background, very narrow lead amongst white voters.
If this was a sheer popularity contest, then maybe Trump can win. But it isn't, electoral college system makes sure that it isn't. Trump literally has no robust ground game in key swing states.
So yes dangerous. But Trump isn't going to win unless Hillary Clinton magically sets fire to Donald Trump during the debates while claiming she's the kin of Satin. I'm confident enough to throw down $20,000 on a Clinton victory because every single piece of evidence suggests that a man who have less support from minorities and white voters can previous Republican candidates should not win.
Lord Frieza
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He's not talking to the good Blacks. He was talking about, you know, the other ones
You forgot the part where he said this in an area that's >90% white.
Lord Frieza
Member
Latinos, listen, you keep having all these kids and Trump tower already has the best taco bowls. What do you have to lose, essa?
To a crowd that was 99% white.
Aaronology
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The Clinton Campaign's response has been so on point.
Or as Hillary's twitter succinctly put it:
@HillaryClinton
This is so ignorant its staggering.
Or as Hillary's twitter succinctly put it:
@HillaryClinton
This is so ignorant its staggering.
hydragonwarrior
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@Hill's words: "You don't change hearts"
I have to agree with her when it comes to individuals who have been absolutely poisoned by politics that incite fear, paranoia and anger - which is the Republican side in this case.
The ppl who have essentially staked their identities to the Republican party will never change of heart, unless it's something unbelievably eye opening, such as when the man who was about to go blind was able to crowdfund his way to surgery and realized Obamacare would have saved him.
The ppl whose beliefs are tied to the current Republican idealogies are basically never going to change. BLM has about the same likelihood of changing their hearts as a climatologist has of convincing them climate change is real. It's damning, it's frustrating, but it's also the truth.
Which explains why you can always count on Repubs to vote and 40% to almost always go towards a Republican candidate. Trump might cause a low turnout, but his toxic rhetoric alone is going to cement the crazier ones to maintain their support of the Republican party beyond this election.
I have to agree with her when it comes to individuals who have been absolutely poisoned by politics that incite fear, paranoia and anger - which is the Republican side in this case.
The ppl who have essentially staked their identities to the Republican party will never change of heart, unless it's something unbelievably eye opening, such as when the man who was about to go blind was able to crowdfund his way to surgery and realized Obamacare would have saved him.
The ppl whose beliefs are tied to the current Republican idealogies are basically never going to change. BLM has about the same likelihood of changing their hearts as a climatologist has of convincing them climate change is real. It's damning, it's frustrating, but it's also the truth.
Which explains why you can always count on Repubs to vote and 40% to almost always go towards a Republican candidate. Trump might cause a low turnout, but his toxic rhetoric alone is going to cement the crazier ones to maintain their support of the Republican party beyond this election.
Vicetrailia
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Dat black outreach.
Subpar Scrub
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Apparently it also had blankets, school supplies etc.
I feel that of all the shitty things he's done, this one isn't that bad.
As for the fact that he was there for a minute to look good for the cameras? Yeah, politicians will do that. He still should have stayed giving out supplies for atleast a couple hours, if not the whole day.
Mister Wolf
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I can't wait for this ganon pig man to say the election was rigged after he loses in a landslide.
makingmusic476
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Nothing Trump says could surprise me at this point.
That reference is used like five times a day on here. :lol
That reference is used like five times a day on here. :lol
gutter_trash
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Trump should cut an ad for African-Americans using ABBA's song "Take A Chance On Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0
I'd go further and state that it doesn't need any implied words tacked on. "Black Lives Matter, Too" is viewing it from a white viewpoint. Black Lives Matter. No qualifiers needed.
Uh, so apparently I'm not middle class, working in a job in my career straight out of college, cause according to Trump's ridiculous and fake statistics that he pulls from his ass I'm not successful in any way.
How fucking dense can you be? How could you not see what you're saying is offensive? Why on Earth would you think any African American would want to vote for you ESPECIALLY after this comment??? Fuck off.
How fucking dense can you be? How could you not see what you're saying is offensive? Why on Earth would you think any African American would want to vote for you ESPECIALLY after this comment??? Fuck off.
Damn. Well said.
Teknopathetic
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"Trump doesn't care about African American voters and they don't care about him either. I find it pathetic how he's trying to pander to African Americans. The good thing is he won't get 5% of the African American vote on election day."
As previous posters have pointed out, this isn't trying to pander to African Americans. This is about creating the illusion that he's reaching out to African Americans in an attempt to pander to undecided White voters.
Which actually makes it worse.
As previous posters have pointed out, this isn't trying to pander to African Americans. This is about creating the illusion that he's reaching out to African Americans in an attempt to pander to undecided White voters.
Which actually makes it worse.
If you really think about it, you realize Trump doesn't have a "black outreach" team and is just talking straight from his "big brain".
on a side note...
This guy is the worst person ever nominated by either party for president. Worst in every criteria imaginable. Intelligence, policy (which he has none), likeability, temperance, eloquence, looks, oration, maturity.
This is not even taking my political bias into account. On paper, his assery has shown no one politically skilled would ever side with him. The GOP, are undyingly loyal to the GOP and even their major players are staying away from him. The GOP would support Hitler if it benefitted them politically, but many GOP big names have shied away from him.
again...
This guy is the worst person ever nominated by either party for president. Worst in every criteria imaginable. Intelligence, policy (which he has none), likeability, temperance, eloquence, looks, oration, maturity.
He is the most un-qualified person EVER to have ever held the title of "republican nominee for president"
Just recognized that.It definitely is worse. I doubt the undecided white voters will fall for this.
SporeCrawler
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Didnt trump want to abolish the 13th amendment?
A Link to the Past
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I'm disappointed that you wasted this post on fucking TaterTots. Guy is beyond help.
Kinda funny that Billy West few days ago dug up an old quote of Trump saying that "well educated blacks" have an advantage [over him]
He keeps using the word "black" as a noun btw
He keeps using the word "black" as a noun btw
The good thing about Trump in this election cycle is he's exposed his true self to the greater public. New Yorkers and anyone who has paid attention to this clown for 30+ years already knew what a racist fuckwit he is. Now, the rest of the country, and indeed the world, know.
His brand is fucked permanently. He might as well go out in a blaze of glory.
But hey, Donald, what do you have to lose?
His brand is fucked permanently. He might as well go out in a blaze of glory.
But hey, Donald, what do you have to lose?
HawaiianDreads
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Sadly I doubt that his business will be in any danger, I mean look at all those who are still supporting him, even with the holes he keep digging. Some people in this country will continue to respect him because he is a "powerful man".
Maybe he can let us know with a backdrop of a burning McLaren.
Firmus_Anguis
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There's only one explanation... Why yes, everything makes sense now...
The agent of chaos - It has to be... I refuse to believe anyone could be this stupid, I refuse...
The agent of chaos - It has to be... I refuse to believe anyone could be this stupid, I refuse...
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