2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKaty Tur, on MSNBC, just reported that Trump's visit to the black church
is closed off to press in addition to being totally scripted. Not that I think he will change many minds in this "outreach," I do think the general public should know what is being said.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)There will be clips on Youtube.
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)that they have to go the these lengths get some kind of propaganda out there to run counter to what he is about.
This thinskinned ass even tried to get his own campaign volunteers to sign lifetime nondisclosure agreements.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)I was going to add something about how badly the indignity must sting but we all know that part of their brains went numb eons ago.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Might as well just release the transcript now since the questions are known ahead and the answers scripted. What a farce!
Avalux
(35,015 posts)Carefully control the message, keep the press away....geez it's ridiculous and people can see that. He isn't going to fool anyone.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Just another BS antic that will be deeply resented by AAs and widely ridiculed by everyone. He must think that AAs are all stupid, blind, and deaf to not see what a big faker he is. I guess he will get a few pics of himself standing beside a few AAs, and then run an ad saying how he listens and works with AAs. What a crock.
Mz Pip
(27,448 posts)Can't imagine much of a turn out for Trump in a Black church.
OnDoutside
(19,957 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)A chance to challenge Trump? Who knows?
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)T-rump's campaign probably had him to sign a purity agreement with an attached check which will bounce. Of course corporate media will eat it up as gospel.
T-rump is extremely UNSTABLE.
unc70
(6,115 posts)The pastor is not involved, nor is the actual church itself. The pastor is on vacation in Mexico and learned about it after the announcement. It involves some bishop and will take place in the church owned banquet hall that is rented out for meetings, weddings, and other events.
MattP
(3,304 posts)How much are they paying to sit for service
nolabear
(41,984 posts)The idea that anything is private in venues like that is Trumpian in its naiveté.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Any media who carries this for Trump ought to be ashamed. Its phony balony.
oasis
(49,388 posts)I'd like to see how concerned Trump is about AA's being shut out at the polls in many red states.
Runningdawg
(4,517 posts)How much more blatant does it have to be? You can debate the reason a pastor might say he promotes a certain candidate or that he encourages his congregation to vote a certain way on certain issues. Here it is right in your face - A candidate for POTUS being given the use of a church and its congregation to campaign. Its a flagrant violation of 401C and you can bet if Hillary were to speak before a congregation the RWNJs would be all over it.
If the pastor and/or his congregation would like to hear Trump speak, they should be doing so OUTSIDE the church.