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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 09:12 AM Aug 2016

Has Trump Written Off Black Voters?

New York Times: “Mr. Trump may not have purposefully snubbed black neighborhoods — he rarely plunges into any community to tour businesses, sample local cuisine or spontaneously engage in the handshake and back-patting rituals of everyday campaigning. His preferred style of politicking consists almost entirely of addressing arena-size rallies, conducting media interviews and receiving visitors in private at events or at his Manhattan skyscraper.”

“But the 70-year-old white self-described billionaire has not just walled himself off from African-American voters where they live. He has also turned down repeated invitations to address gatherings of black leaders, ignored African-American conservatives in states he needs to win and made numerous inflammatory comments about minorities.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/08/15/has-trump-written-off-black-voters/
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Has Trump Written Off Black Voters? (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Signs point to yes. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #1
No, black voters have written off Trump. Check the polls. brush Aug 2016 #2
Only the people who look like black voters. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #3
Donald Trump has written off anyone not named Donald Trump. Orsino Aug 2016 #4
No. I'm pretty sure he still hates them and thinks about them regularly. nt NCTraveler Aug 2016 #5
as one "The Blacks" he spoke of Setsuna1972 Aug 2016 #6
Not only has we written off black voters meow2u3 Aug 2016 #7
remove the word black and you maybe whistler162 Aug 2016 #8

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
4. Donald Trump has written off anyone not named Donald Trump.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:37 AM
Aug 2016

Even his supporters don't seem to register with him as fully human, and he does not seek out criticism.

Setsuna1972

(332 posts)
6. as one "The Blacks" he spoke of
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:53 AM
Aug 2016

He never did reach out to people of color, except to insult and portray us in a bad light . Supporting Trump as a black man or any person of color would be like a chicken supporting Colonel Sanders for KFC !

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
7. Not only has we written off black voters
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:26 AM
Aug 2016

I wouldn't put it past him to sic his goons on them to intimidate black voters from going to the polls.

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