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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:51 PM Jul 2020

Fair housing groups slam Trump's suburban racial rhetoric

Washington (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pledge to roll back an Obama-era regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs is drawing harsh criticism from fair housing advocates, who label it a blatant attempt to play racial politics and appeal to white voters in the final weeks before the election.

They also consider it a empty political stunt, since the regulation he's talking about eliminating never truly got started on the ground in the first place.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to repeal a 2015 initiative that requires local governments to address historic patterns of racial segregation. On Thursday, he said the regulation “will totally destroy the beautiful suburbs” and demolish property values by forcing low-income housing construction in suburban areas.

“Your home will go down in value and crime rates will rapidly rise,” he said. “People have worked all their lives to get into a community, and now they’re going to watch it go to hell. Not going to happen, not while I’m here.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fair-housing-groups-slam-trumps-suburban-racial-rhetoric/ar-BB16Tc34?li=BBnb7Kz

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Fair housing groups slam Trump's suburban racial rhetoric (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
We've been watching the whole country going to hell, Rump, you idiot progree Jul 2020 #1

progree

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1. We've been watching the whole country going to hell, Rump, you idiot
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:35 PM
Jul 2020
Your home will go down in value and crime rates will rapidly rise,” he said. “People have worked all their lives to get into a community, and now they’re going to watch it go to hell. Not going to happen, not while I’m here.

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