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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:49 PM Aug 2018

Trump: Attacking black athletes is "really good for me, good politically going into the midterms"

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"It's actually his strategy... It's what Donald Trump thinks, and he's told his staff members. Basically, attacking black athletes, 'that's really good for me, that's really good politically going into the midterms.' "

–@JoeNBC


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Trump: Attacking black athletes is "really good for me, good politically going into the midterms" (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2018 OP
Yep - because 45 is a racist JustAnotherGen Aug 2018 #1
People who still support Trump are hardcore racist trash. dalton99a Aug 2018 #10
Driving into work and listening to MSNBC this morning JustAnotherGen Aug 2018 #13
This MF is absolutely sick in the head, mind and soul. Iliyah Aug 2018 #2
Nah malaise Aug 2018 #7
There you go: it was never about economics or jobs frazzled Aug 2018 #3
Exactly dalton99a Aug 2018 #8
The fascist pig uses people, individually or in groups... Thomas Hurt Aug 2018 #4
WE THE PEOPLE can put an end to all things t rump - FULL OUT VOTING... asiliveandbreathe Aug 2018 #5
n/t ScratchCat Aug 2018 #6
There are lots of people here that love the street theater of street protests. Blue_true Aug 2018 #12
I think the President of our nation means GusBob Aug 2018 #9
Trump appealing to racists supporters are dwarf by the rest of America beachbum bob Aug 2018 #11
The issue is. Blue_true Aug 2018 #14
And yet . . . gratuitous Aug 2018 #15

JustAnotherGen

(31,834 posts)
13. Driving into work and listening to MSNBC this morning
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:56 PM
Aug 2018

Someone said it well (a guest)


Not all Trump Voters/Supporters are racist (my thought is maybe 1 or 2 ) but ALL racists voted for Trump.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. This MF is absolutely sick in the head, mind and soul.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:54 PM
Aug 2018

Get him out, including Pence and GOPers in congress and states.

The USA needs to clean house.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
3. There you go: it was never about economics or jobs
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:55 PM
Aug 2018

It always was about whipping up latent racist sentiments.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
4. The fascist pig uses people, individually or in groups...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:57 PM
Aug 2018

the pig isn't a christian but he will play one and use them
the pig will use the black community to feed his ego
he will attack individuals or the press to manipulate the cult of personality nutters

The Constitution the rest of our laws, money, are just tools to feed his bloated and damaged ego just as long as he stays on this side of legal.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
5. WE THE PEOPLE can put an end to all things t rump - FULL OUT VOTING...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:02 PM
Aug 2018

I just received my Democratic Primary (August 28th ) ballot in the mail today - in AZ...VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!

ScratchCat

(1,999 posts)
6. n/t
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:35 PM
Aug 2018

Its part of his "voter motivation" campaign. Nothing scares and motivates old white people into going to the polls like black people up in arms about something. I totally expect the attacks upon black celebrities and house members too continue in an attempt to get protests going.

DONT.TAKE.THE.BAIT.

Please, people. No matter what he says; no matter what he does. Do not - repeat - DO NOT go to the streets and protest before November. It is what he wants old white people to see(again). People fell into this trap with BLM and they will pull the stunt again if they can. He needs "liberals" and people of color up in arms to motivate the base. Its the plan for the next 90 days. He has to distract from Russia. This is his only way - scare the sheep back into the tent.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
12. There are lots of people here that love the street theater of street protests.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:48 PM
Aug 2018

They don't spend much time thinking about where that leads. Sometime a protest march is both important and iconic, the March on Washington, the Women's March. But most street protests just give cops a reason to brutalize protesters and only entrench the powers that people are protesting against. Sustained, strategic voting is how change is made and codified, reoublicans get that, we don't.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
9. I think the President of our nation means
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:39 PM
Aug 2018

attacking black Americans is good for him, which somehow means its good for our country

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
11. Trump appealing to racists supporters are dwarf by the rest of America
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:41 PM
Aug 2018

who can not stomach the likes of racists, Nazis and Russian collaborators...trump is motivating an overwhelming resistance that will rollover the GOP

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
14. The issue is.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:58 PM
Aug 2018

You have the small number of out and out racists, but there is a much larger group with some of the same racist images, just not as open. Then there is a large group that may not be racist, but get triggered by any expression of racial identity outside of their race. Trump is trying to tweak all of them.

I really think that he made a mistake to attack LeBron James. James has been the most high profile jock in the world for more that fifteen years, but he has never been arrested, or had a scandal, or had women accusing him of being their baby daddy. He has quietly given millions of dollars and his time to worthy causes. He worships his mom, who raised him from the time she was a teen until he hit the bigtime. He is by all appearances a stout family man. He is everything the socalled Christian Right claim they want to see from the Bkack community. The religious right may not care, but lots of people are watching who do and what they see Trump doing repulses them.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
15. And yet . . .
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:14 PM
Aug 2018

On all the news shows, it's always the Democrats who are blamed for partisanship and divisive rhetoric. Now that MSNBC has said it out loud, can we expect that the popular media will now be upbraiding the Trump administration for its divisive rhetoric? Will Republicans be warned that they have to make an effort to understand the opposition, and reach out to people?

Yeah. That could happen.

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