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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Feb 8, 2017, 09:53 AM Feb 2017

Trump says his critics 'pull out the racist card'

Source: The Washington Post

By Philip Rucker February 7 at 10:09 PM

President Trump accused television pundits and other critics of playing "the racist card" when they characterize him or his policies as anti-Muslim or anti-black.

Fox News Channel personality Bill O'Reilly asked Trump in an interview that aired Tuesday night whether his feelings are hurt when critics "are making you into a hater."

"No, because they always do it," Trump replied. "The first thing they do with the Republicans or conservatives is the racist card. They pull out the racist card. They always do that. It's not just me. I mean, they do it with everybody. And I see that — and once you know that you feel a lot better about it."

Trump's comments came in an interview that was taped at the White House last Friday as part of Fox's Super Bowl coverage. Fox News has been airing new segments of the interview on O'Reilly's prime-time show.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/07/trump-says-his-critics-pull-out-the-racist-card/?utm_term=.1a22d47dcb93&wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1

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Trump says his critics 'pull out the racist card' (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP

Confucius - "The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name" NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #1

Nice! nuxvomica Feb 2017 #10

"They're anti-orange bigots!" tenorly Feb 2017 #2

they alway hurt my feelings bora13 Feb 2017 #3

Projectioning like a 24/7 cinema dalton99a Feb 2017 #4

Yers, Mr. T, you just gotta use this phrase. It'll blow them away, sir! Nitram Feb 2017 #5

I can think of nothing more racist than that birther crap. Botany Feb 2017 #6

Racist card? yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #7

We are NOT playing cards. We are defending the Constitution which is under attack by those delisen Feb 2017 #8

If the shoe fits .... n/t VWolf Feb 2017 #9

The Victim Roy Rolling Feb 2017 #11

"The Blacks love me" chelsea0011 Feb 2017 #12

Give all arrogant Republicans a Mirror bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #13

Or we could grab him by the misogynist card IronLionZion Feb 2017 #14

No asshole! We only call out racists .. ananda Feb 2017 #15

NRaleighLiberal

(60,019 posts)

1. Confucius - "The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 09:57 AM

Feb 2017

one of my favorite lines from the film "Into the Wild"

nuxvomica

(12,442 posts)

10. Nice!

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

Feb 2017

I looked up the original: "If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things."

tenorly

(2,037 posts)

2. "They're anti-orange bigots!"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:01 AM

Feb 2017

"And where's my mommy!"

bora13

(860 posts)

3. they alway hurt my feelings

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:01 AM

Feb 2017

i have feelings, ya know.
just don't tell the deplorables, they wouldn't understand.

dalton99a

(81,570 posts)

4. Projectioning like a 24/7 cinema

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:02 AM

Feb 2017

Nitram

(22,877 posts)

5. Yers, Mr. T, you just gotta use this phrase. It'll blow them away, sir!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:03 AM

Feb 2017

Trump: Well, I never been too good at cards. Too many numbers. But I'll give it a try. "Youse guys is playin' cards again, aintcha! Well, cut it out!"

Botany

(70,581 posts)

6. I can think of nothing more racist than that birther crap.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:03 AM

Feb 2017

"Hey boy you don't look like the others so let me see your papers. I got
to see if you are a real American."

Trump's history is solid racism. His dad was in the KKK and Trump had the
largest housing discrimination case brought aginst him in the history of the
DoJ.

yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts)

7. Racist card?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:10 AM

Feb 2017

Trump has the entire RACIST Deck....

delisen

(6,044 posts)

8. We are NOT playing cards. We are defending the Constitution which is under attack by those

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:18 AM

Feb 2017

who're supposed to be defending it.

VWolf

(3,944 posts)

9. If the shoe fits .... n/t

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:24 AM

Feb 2017

Roy Rolling

(6,933 posts)

11. The Victim

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:40 AM

Feb 2017

The next step in the propaganda campaign is to portray Trump as a victim. Poor guy deserves sympathy because the media is mean to him.

GOP/Bannon propaganda 101