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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:21 AM Aug 2016

Black Panelists Beat Down Trump Supporter’s Claim That He’s ‘On the Cutting Edge of Civil Rights’

Anderson Cooper got together quite the panel to talk about Donald Trump‘s appeals to black voters this week.

Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany was on hand to back up her candidate’s claims that his presidency would be great for black people. She started off by telling Bakari Sellers, “You might think a 27.2% poverty rate among African American individuals … is a good thing but –”

“Kayleigh, when did you hear us say that?” interrupted an exasperated-sounding Angela Rye. “That’s not fair. Kayleigh, can you retract that? Kayleigh? That’s not fair.”

McEnany kept trucking along, ignoring Rye’s interjections of, “Kayleigh!” Instead, she claimed that Trump was positive in his appeals to voters of color and, in fact, “was on the cutting edge of civil rights” because he allowed black and Jewish people into his club in Florida. McEnany said he even brought a suit against other club owners who didn’t allow minorities into their clubs, but Rye reminded her that happened after he was sued for housing discrimination.

more + video:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/black-panelists-beat-down-trump-spoxs-claim-that-hes-on-the-cutting-edge-of-civil-rights/

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Black Panelists Beat Down Trump Supporter’s Claim That He’s ‘On the Cutting Edge of Civil Rights’ (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Interesting Trump makes a speech claiming to know how to make everything all better Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #1
Posted this on the site, but... SaschaHM Aug 2016 #2
On the cutting edge of civil rights? Wednesdays Aug 2016 #3
Sure. I remember reading in school about Trump bravely facing police dogs and fire hoses Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #4

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. Interesting Trump makes a speech claiming to know how to make everything all better
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:28 AM
Aug 2016

for the Black community, he doesn't have a clue. This speech sure did not reassure me he is capable of halting the hatred of different ethnic groups.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
2. Posted this on the site, but...
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:41 AM
Aug 2016

The moment Trump started his AA outreach pitch, I knew we were in for a couple of weeks of white people chastising AAs for voting for Democrats and not recognizing Trump's "civil rights" record. That always ends well >.>

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
4. Sure. I remember reading in school about Trump bravely facing police dogs and fire hoses
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:10 PM
Aug 2016

staging sit-ins . . . . .

Right?

No.

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