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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:54 AM Aug 2016

O'Malley to Lewandowski: US isn't an 'only-for-white Americans sort of country'

Former Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley on Sunday chided ex-Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski over the GOP nominee's immigration policies, saying the US isn't an "only-for-white Americans sort of country."

O'Malley, a former Maryland governor, appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday with Lewandowski, Trump's campaign manager until he was fired in June.

Lewandowski, a CNN contributor, called his former boss "a raw talent."

That prompted O'Malley to criticize Trump over his proposal to block Syrian refugees from entering the US, retorting "he's raw, but it's not talent." O'Malley added, "It's the rawness of scapegoating others. The man finally comes out with his first political campaign of the season, and it's attacking Syrian refugees."


http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/politics/omalley-lewandowski-clash/

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O'Malley to Lewandowski: US isn't an 'only-for-white Americans sort of country' (Original Post) NCTraveler Aug 2016 OP
Evidently the white power movement think donnie will make it one. tonyt53 Aug 2016 #1
O'Malley knows that people named "O'Malley" were kicked down once too... Recursion Aug 2016 #2
as were people named "Lewandowski" JustinL Aug 2016 #4
O'Malley, like Nancy Pelosi, cut his political teeth in Baltimore. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #3
Yup. His mayoral race was particularly "elbows-out", as we say Recursion Aug 2016 #5

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. O'Malley knows that people named "O'Malley" were kicked down once too...
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:17 PM
Aug 2016

The Irish only became "white" in, what, the 1920s?

JustinL

(722 posts)
4. as were people named "Lewandowski"
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:56 PM
Aug 2016

The racist Immigration Act of 1924 was aimed primarily at Southern and Eastern Europeans. When I was in school in the '80s and '90s, "Polack" was commonly used as a term for a stupid person.

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
3. O'Malley, like Nancy Pelosi, cut his political teeth in Baltimore.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:39 PM
Aug 2016

A two-bit thug like Lewandowski is no match for an old Baltimore politician.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
5. Yup. His mayoral race was particularly "elbows-out", as we say
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 02:47 PM
Aug 2016

Great guy, though. I can't wait to see what he does in the future.

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