Trump to African Americans: "What do you have to lose?, You're living in poverty"
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Speaking as a parent, if my child's toys were all destroyed and we had to live in a tent I would probably cry tears of joy if we received Playdough. On the other hand, he handed them out for 49 seconds mainly to his running mate in what was clearly an attempt at scoring political points.
I bet he handed out yellow play-doh, the worst color play-doh
SolidChamp
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Oh god why the fuck did I click on that?!?!
Palette Swap
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Back in 1991, he kind of implied he had seen several at the same time: Ive got black accountants at Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.
This is the opinion piece where I read that quote yesterday btw, and it's pretty solid.
Officerrob
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Hey African Americans, what do you have to lose? Perhaps if you start voting Republican in mass they will stop trying to suppress your voting rights!! It's a win win!!
This is fucking gross
paradox121
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The implicit notion of "What do you have to lose? (Your lives can't possibly get any worse or better. No one's gonna bother helping you either way)" is what gets me most.
I know he's not actually bothering to appeal to black voters, just trying to seem slightly less racist, but the idea that there exists not only a presidential candidate, but a team behind him that think that this is acceptable rhetoric is mind-blowing.
I know he's not actually bothering to appeal to black voters, just trying to seem slightly less racist, but the idea that there exists not only a presidential candidate, but a team behind him that think that this is acceptable rhetoric is mind-blowing.
White Wolf
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lol this guy doesn't even seem to be trying anymore
Fuck Trump
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/766761410290384896
(Video of him speaking the quote in the thread title)
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/766761410290384896
(Video of him speaking the quote in the thread title)
Wow at some of the posts in that Reddit thread.
Before or after 1865?
Woodrow Wilson was also more evil than Trump.
To show the utter hypocrisy of "All Lives Matter", most "All Lives Matter" folks also says "Blue Lives Matter". Which means they know full well "Black Lives Matter" doesn't mean "Only Black Lives Matter", and thus, "All Lives Matter" really means "All Lives Matter except the Black ones."
ClosingADoor
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Damn at the way he says it too. Like he is blaming people for not voting for him.
valkillmore
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So what's the verdict, does he know what he's saying is shitty or is he just fucking clueless? I have to imagine it's a mix of both, with a slight skew to 'I know what I'm doing.'
If this is the 'new' messaging he's using, it's not better at all than his previous efforts.
If this is the 'new' messaging he's using, it's not better at all than his previous efforts.
Care to explain?
PastorOfMuppets
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shadowsdarknes
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It makes sense. Even the shallowest outreach is enough to give people peace of mind. They can now have a talking point or two.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
He basically said all black people are poor, unemployed, and uneducated...... So what is the worse he could do to us?
andthebeatgoeson
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Since the very first day. He has just done some type of job avoiding black issues.
But let's remember, he rode a gold escalator to say Mexicans are rapists. He's been fully racist for decades.
redunzgofasta
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Dash_Riprock
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Remember three months ago when people were saying he'd start to pivot after the convention?
Nazgul_Hunter
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I love all the Republicans who have been bemoaning identity politics for the last however long. And now here's Trump not just playing identity politics, but pitting one group of people against another
Darryl M R
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I'm so glad we live in a post-racial society.
His rhetoric is dehumanizing and his statistics are inaccurate. I hope everyone that supports him loses all of their political and social capital.
His rhetoric is dehumanizing and his statistics are inaccurate. I hope everyone that supports him loses all of their political and social capital.
Demoskinos
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Be has to be sabotaging his own campaign on purpose right? Right?
Lightning_Roller
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The fact that just yesterday, someone used this exact sorry ass excuse tells me that it won't be leaving anytime soon.
The Artisan
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this is a nice way of putting it.
The obvious answer of what they have to lose is the greatest asset blacks have; higher voting representation than their actual population, despite the high incidence of incarcerated/non-voting felons. The Republicans would like nothing more than to work their will in NC and elsewhere to keep former convicts from ever being able to vote again and to stop blacks from voting where possible.
Vital Tundra
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"What do you have to lose" is probably one of the worst arguments you can have. Like definitely not something a would be President should even say.
Darryl M R
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It's equivalent to trusting someone just because they say "trust me."
Things blacks lose, by voting for Trump instead of Hillary.
- racial justice
- criminal justice reform
- labor rights
- gun control
- the aca
All of which are not a part of Trump's policy positions: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions
- racial justice
- criminal justice reform
- labor rights
- gun control
- the aca
All of which are not a part of Trump's policy positions: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions
Lightning_Roller
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This man is a monster and so are his more loyal supporters. And he keeps giving support to this fact, not a statement but a fact.
Well that's what his party WANTS black people to be. When the police don't have free reign to kill, rape, rob, and abuse black people on a whim.
In the world of Trump voters, if black people absolutely must exist, then they exist for the amusement and pleasure of white people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgLMghcPDVs
Though what the Trump said isn't new.
Mammoth Jones
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It's sad that our choice is keep shit the same for us (shitty). Or make shit FAR worse.
The generalizations from Trump on the situation of Black people in American are indicative of someone who's never spent time with us.
But let's be real, he's not really doing this for Black people or even to appeal to us. His camp wants him to appear to *try* to reach out. As that will appeal to many on-the-fence White voters.
We ain't got most of that shit now...
The generalizations from Trump on the situation of Black people in American are indicative of someone who's never spent time with us.
But let's be real, he's not really doing this for Black people or even to appeal to us. His camp wants him to appear to *try* to reach out. As that will appeal to many on-the-fence White voters.
We ain't got most of that shit now...
We still ain't voting Trump, lol
If that's the case you'd think his attempt would be a much better one. Only a complete moron thinks he cares about black people. He's gunna have to sell it at least a LITTLE..
Imperfected
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So, um, Donny, I don't know how to tell you this, but...
100% of the black men who've held the position you're applying for have a much, much higher level of education and vastly more impressive work experience in related fields than you do.
100% of the black men who've held the position you're applying for have a much, much higher level of education and vastly more impressive work experience in related fields than you do.
It's for the purposes of talking points. If he actually DID reach out to black people he'd lose the core of the GOP. Remember modern GOP conservatism at its root is code words, dog whistles, and policies designed to hurt black people to gain racist white votes. Everything else builds off of that.
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