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Trump's claim that he's done more for black Americans than any president since Lincoln
My Admin has done more for the Black Community than any President since Abraham Lincoln. Passed Opportunity Zones with @SenatorTimScott, guaranteed funding for HBCUs, School Choice, passed Criminal Justice Reform, lowest Black unemployment, poverty, and crime rates in history. President Trump, in a tweet, June 2, 2020
My administration is delivering for African Americans like never before. No President has done more for our black community.
Trump, in a campaign rally, March 2
Depending on the day, President Trump likes to declare he has done more for African Americans than any other president or, he might concede, since Abraham Lincoln. Five times since the start of the year Trump has asserted this, so its clear we need to address it in detail.
In his most recent tweet, Trump pointed to specific achievements to bolster his claim, so we will see how this stands up to the work of previous presidents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/05/trumps-claim-that-hes-done-more-blacks-than-any-president-since-lincoln/
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Trump's claim that he's done more for black Americans than any president since Lincoln (Original Post)
Zorro
Jun 2020
OP
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. Trump is telling lies again.
Six117
(205 posts)2. About EVERYTHING....
As usual.......... The thing is incapable of telling the truth.
That's a fact we all need to own, especially the media.
It telling lies, and behaving as it always does is not news.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)3. People are dying because of his lies.
And it really pisses me off! Cant wait till the miserable bastard disappears forever.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)5. I agree with you.
greymattermom
(5,751 posts)6. Just like he's done more for religion
than G-d, right?
Botany
(70,442 posts)7. Lyndon B. Johnson
Voting rights act, civil rights act, war on poverty, Thurgood Marshall, ....
sop
(10,090 posts)8. I don't think anyone who's actually black is buying it.
Harker
(13,957 posts)9. Nobody but brain dead Trumpskyites
are buying it.