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SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 04:15 AM Aug 2016

Donald Trump faces new backlash over pitch to black voters

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Source: CBS News

On the heels of another staff shakeup, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was facing a new backlash - this time for his attempt to get black voters to vote for him in the November election.

CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett reports it was supposed to be a day for a clean slate, but Trump’s latest attempted outreach to a larger voting bloc was called ignorant and heavy-handed by his critics.

Speaking from a predominately white suburb in Michigan, Trump tried to increase his support from African-American voters, which according to a recent Pew survey favor Hillary Clinton over the Republican nominee by an 83-point margin.

“You’re living in poverty,” Trump said. “Your schools are no good. You have no jobs - 58 percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?”

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-backlash-appeal-black-voters/



Donald just can't seem to get out of the rough.


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Donald Trump faces new backlash over pitch to black voters (Original Post) SunSeeker Aug 2016 OP
shaking my head trusty elf Aug 2016 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #2
Yo, sTrumpet? Do you actually KNOW any black voters?? raven mad Aug 2016 #3
he doesn't know any black people. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #4
What an idiot. He just lost the 1% of black voters he allegedly had brush Aug 2016 #5
I wish the excerpts chosen or the poster explained what the backlash is. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #6
I don't think Trump's intent was to reach out to black voters at all. Trust Buster Aug 2016 #7
Makes sense. Old Union Guy Aug 2016 #8
Trump's campaign realizes that his bigotry has turned off a lot a white voters as well. This way, Trust Buster Aug 2016 #9
Locking Chemisse Aug 2016 #10

trusty elf

(7,349 posts)
1. shaking my head
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 05:01 AM
Aug 2016

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Response to SunSeeker (Original post)

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
3. Yo, sTrumpet? Do you actually KNOW any black voters??
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 05:21 AM
Aug 2016

GOTV works, and man, did I have the best ribs EVER. Oh, and she owns her own business, and has 2 sons in the military, and grabbed the GOTV petition out of my hands to distribute to the neighbors.

I'm about 1/10th of a block away from this awesome woman.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
4. he doesn't know any black people.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 05:49 AM
Aug 2016

brush

(53,475 posts)
5. What an idiot. He just lost the 1% of black voters he allegedly had
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 06:05 AM
Aug 2016

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,789 posts)
6. I wish the excerpts chosen or the poster explained what the backlash is.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 06:18 AM
Aug 2016

The statements he made are old now and have been reported already, even in LBN.

I might open the link and read it later.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
7. I don't think Trump's intent was to reach out to black voters at all.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 07:29 AM
Aug 2016

I think Trump was trying to assuage the white voters that have been turned off by his past bigoted statements. That why he made these statements before white audiences while also making sure to include his dog whistling about "law and order" in the inner cities. Like Hermain Cain and Ben Carson, Republicans like the illusion that they have no racist tendencies. Trump was speaking to those white people and not black people IMO.

 

Old Union Guy

(738 posts)
8. Makes sense.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 07:56 AM
Aug 2016

They can now vote for Trump and not "feel" racist.

Republicans are all about feelings you know.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
9. Trump's campaign realizes that his bigotry has turned off a lot a white voters as well. This way,
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:02 AM
Aug 2016

he can throw out a few meaningless sound bytes at African Americans and still dog whistle about law and order in the inner cities. Then, white voters can claim that Trump's bigotry is just a machination of the liberal media. You see, they're victims again.

Chemisse

(30,793 posts)
10. Locking
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:13 AM
Aug 2016

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