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pnwmom

(108,959 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:23 PM Aug 2016

Trump has now put out an ad using an unfair primary debate attack against Hillary.

During Bill's administration, Hillary supported the crime bill, and talked in a speech about needing to curb violent gangs in the cities. In that speech she was talking specifically about violent gang members -- who come in all colors (including white) -- when she used the term "super-predators."

Now there's a Trump ad out showing an edited clip of Hillary talking about super-predators (leaving out the context of gang violence), followed by Bernie denouncing her for using what he claimed was a racist term. But the word wasn't used by Hillary to describe members of a racial group, and the psychologist who introduced the term didn't apply it to racial groups either -- he used it to describe serial killers like the Columbine shooter.


Trump has promised to use more of Bernie's words against her in the future. Not looking forward to it.

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Trump has now put out an ad using an unfair primary debate attack against Hillary. (Original Post) pnwmom Aug 2016 OP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC1YCWeQVm0 Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #1
Didn't work in the primary Renew Deal Aug 2016 #2
Exactly... sarae Aug 2016 #4
Exactly what we knew would happen, and predicted would happen. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #3
Trump needs both, unless he flips another Obama state democrattotheend Aug 2016 #12
What? nt BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #13
Crime was yuge in the 90s. Everyone wanted more policing. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #5
Although SOME were more extreme, calling for the state of NY sarae Aug 2016 #9
Also, Trump surrogates keep bringing up Robert Byrd... sarae Aug 2016 #6
Right. Byrd had apologized for and permanently disavowed his association with white supremacists. pnwmom Aug 2016 #8
Good point, Hillary has not had suits brought against her for not renting to blacks. Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #16
And Hillary has been involved in promoting civil rights since she was at Yale. n/t pnwmom Aug 2016 #17
While Donald was promoting himself, He is unfit, a thief and abused of hard Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #19
Post removed Post removed Aug 2016 #7
What a stupid post. Ron Green Aug 2016 #10
The Superpredator Scare yallerdawg Aug 2016 #11
Ya mean Hillary is the tough one against them dangerous immigrants? Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #14
Trump won't be fooling anyone Lsantos04 Aug 2016 #15
I think he may try to back out of the debates too DesertRat Aug 2016 #18
It didn't work for Bernie ... why would it be any different for Trump? NurseJackie Aug 2016 #20
Did you see that creep Jeff Weaver on CNN this morning saying boston bean Aug 2016 #22
None of them are as clever as they think they're being. NurseJackie Aug 2016 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author boston bean Aug 2016 #21
Damn. And last week we were calling trump an idiot for not doing commercials yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #23
 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
3. Exactly what we knew would happen, and predicted would happen.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:34 PM
Aug 2016

One ignorance begat another. And I bet there are still "some" who find nothing wrong with that context-free attack even to this day. I've never seen Michelle Alexander answer for trying to make it an issue, especially since she should have absolutely known better.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
12. Trump needs both, unless he flips another Obama state
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:59 PM
Aug 2016

With Virginia and Colorado now leaning Democratic, the electoral map is a lot better for us than it was 12 years ago when Democrats had the steeper path to 270.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
6. Also, Trump surrogates keep bringing up Robert Byrd...
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:38 PM
Aug 2016

specifically, that there's a photo in which Hillary is hugging Byrd, as if there's ANY equivalency between him and any of Trump's white nationalist followers.

pnwmom

(108,959 posts)
8. Right. Byrd had apologized for and permanently disavowed his association with white supremacists.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:41 PM
Aug 2016

Not true of David Duke, Stephen Bannon, or many others of Trump supporters.

Response to pnwmom (Original post)

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
14. Ya mean Hillary is the tough one against them dangerous immigrants?
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:07 PM
Aug 2016

Well... butter my butt and call me a biscuit. I might need to vote for that gal!
~ Trump supporter, somewhere.

 

Lsantos04

(48 posts)
15. Trump won't be fooling anyone
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:11 PM
Aug 2016

Pretty much everybody knows just how racist he is, as evidenced by his dismal poll numbers among Hispanics and Black Americans. These cheap tricks will only prove to Americans just how pathetic and desperate Donald truly is. He is going to be humiliated badly during the debates, that is if he actually doesn't back out of partaking in them.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
18. I think he may try to back out of the debates too
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 08:56 PM
Aug 2016

Last edited Sat Aug 27, 2016, 12:02 AM - Edit history (1)

But I don't know how he'll do that. Any ideas?

boston bean

(36,219 posts)
22. Did you see that creep Jeff Weaver on CNN this morning saying
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:12 PM
Aug 2016

Everyone knows it was racist. Really pissed me off.

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yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
23. Damn. And last week we were calling trump an idiot for not doing commercials
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:31 PM
Aug 2016

I wish he continued not doing them.

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