Trump on black supporter: 'Look at my African-American over here'
Source: CNN
Donald Trump sought to tout his support among African-Americans on Friday by pointing out a black man in the crowd and calling him "my African-American."
"Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him," Trump said. "Are you the greatest?"
The remark didn't generate a noticeable response from Trump's audience.
Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks told CNN Trump was "just referring to a supporter in the crowd. There's no ill will intended, obviously." She added Trump was "grateful for this person's support."
Hicks also rejected the suggestion that Trump's use of the possessive "my" to refer to the supporter was racist, saying such a charge was "ridiculous."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/politics/donald-trump-african-american/
Sounds like he "loves the African Americans" as much as "the Hispanics"
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Drumpf didn't get the Emancipation Proclamation memo from President Lincoln 150 years ago? Check yer inbox, Drumpf.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)He has to pay his pesky workers every now and then or else the law suits keep coming. This will be his common sense, straight talk way to increase American productivity.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)WTF!
yardwork
(61,608 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)If she were a woman, I wouldn't be surprised if he called her his mammy. Cuz he has so much KKKlass.
I hope that AA man was paid well for his appearance there.
winstars
(4,220 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)No truer words have ever been spoken
winstars
(4,220 posts)He is many, many things but mainly:
A FUCKING DICK!!!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)and that gives Trump too much credit.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)What you said just reflects badly on you and on DU, no matter how true.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)winstars
(4,220 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:08 AM - Edit history (1)
it the future.
Its just that I have heard and read about this "person" for most of my life and he has always deserved these harsh words. I know people in Queens who grew up with him and they say the same thing.
When we were kids in NYC, the oft heard phrase was: "If you don't straighten out you are gonna get sent to military school"...
Well, he didn't straighten out and got sent to away to one... If he wasn't the words I called him his entire life, he would have possibly went to one of those exclusive private schools he probably sent his kids to. But he got sent away and now he is a step away from being President.
Its a bit scary...
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)It goes way, way back, the anti-socialist. Another domain of incompetence.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Every word out of that pathetic, repugnant, vile little man is horrible. He makes me sick.
bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)If the roles were reversed would Trump like to be call 'my carrot top friend'?
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)If absolutely forced to vote for either him or Rick Santorum---what would I do (assuming slashing my wrists wasn't an option)?
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)if he said "Look at all of my Klan members over here!".
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)red dog 1
(27,804 posts)Trump gives new meaning to the word "asshole"
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)They expect a very positive response from his supporters
Mendocino
(7,491 posts)War of Northern Aggression, refer to Lee and Bedford Forrest as heroes, and claim that David Duke is just misunderstood.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)And then plead total ignorance regarding the historical significance of the term!
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)And so disgusting.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)imari362
(311 posts)At first I thought he was referring to Omarosa
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)"African Americans" does Trump own?
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)he said he owned one,,,, just natural to wonder how many he owns,,,,
bravenak
(34,648 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)that he got into the race just for publicity, but he gained a lot of momentum and doesn't know what to do. He keeps trying to derail, but his audience is eating the shit up. Performance art gone horribly wrong.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)How else to explain it other than his being seriously mentally unstable ( a theory gaining ground with many serious people).
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)alas, when it comes to this bag of dick, I don't think I can be shocked anymore.
procon
(15,805 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Sounds like Trump thinks he owns him.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Trump is a creeper
bravenak
(34,648 posts)dhill926
(16,339 posts)especially with the news about Ali. So fuck this motherfucking piece of motherfucking shit. I hope his eventual implosion is one for the ages....and I hope his supporters are shunned from any kind of participation in public discourse....goddammit...sorry if the profanity fucking offends...
3catwoman3
(23,987 posts)...your colorful language choices.
c588415
(285 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)He told us that 6 years ago
"The Blacks love me!"
bravenak
(34,648 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)Looking back on his behavior over the last year, it's pathetic, and possibly delusional at this point
klook
(12,155 posts)IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)because Trump might actually own certain GOP politicians. He probably owns Chris Christie
3catwoman3
(23,987 posts)...on the Norman Goldman show as I was driving home from work, and thought, "What the bloody bleeping hell kind of thing is THAT to say?!"
He has no social filter whatsoever.
And what the hell does he mean by "behaving himself"? As if this were unexpected?
(I am getting callouses on my forehead.)
caballojm
(272 posts)I was just about to post about that because everyone seems to be skipping past it. Reminds me of Bill O'Rielly being pleasantly shocked while dining at Sylvia's in Harlem:
"I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship.
...There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' ...You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all."
intersectionality
(106 posts)Nt
PoliticalMalcontent
(449 posts)culturally unaware after living in his bubble for so long... Probably the latter, but holy shit. Maybe both though!
He's a schmuck, and it says a lot that so many people voted for him.
On the other hand, Clinton gladly schmoozed with him at various times through her career, and bleh. That being said, Fuck Trump. America would probably go far downhill if he president, while it will just stay incredibly mediocre with Clinton at the helm. Sure would've been nice to have a better choice.
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)he just doesn't have a good command of the English language.
Gman
(24,780 posts)Is that what he means?
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)Actually, it will get much, much worse.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)and feeling very proud of this for some reason. Asshole
Democrats Ascendant
(601 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Let's hope they continue to do so!!
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Only four years ago I said that Mitt Romney had a chance to go down as one of the worst Presidential candidates ever.
That was soooooo 2012. My guesses are the worst. Sad.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)At this rate, they are going to nominate a rabid dog that has mauled a child.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)cyndensco
(1,697 posts)"What the hell is that ni***r doing here?!"
Judi Lynn
(160,530 posts)every time he swaggers onto a stage.
There is NOTHING interesting about him. All he has is perhaps a lot of money. That's IT, and his father gave him that.
Hard to imagine there are people anywhere who would go to hear him other than internet[font size=4]S[/font] trolls.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Predictably piss poor protoplasm.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)[center]
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)would own as many as his money could buy?