Right wing trolls claiming trump isn't racist because he won an Ellis Island award

[magicguido]

A claim circulating on social media misrepresents an award given to President Donald Trump in 1986. He was not honored for his “work within the black community.”

Instead, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor was given to Trump, who was a real estate developer at the time, for his contributions to the city of New York through his development projects, said Otto Coca, spokesman for the Ellis Island Honors Society. That’s the group that gives the award.

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/07/phony-claim-about-trumps-ellis-island-award/

just sleazy and clever enough to get his pic snapped next to some real luminaries

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. My guess is he made a "donation" in order to receive the award. Nt

[Midnight Writer]

2. I don't know this particular award, but buying prestige like that is common.

Remember when Newt Gingrich was "selling" Good Citizen Awards and gave one to a brothel owner?

[magicguido]

3. Ran into a troll insisting; there is no way trump is a Racist because he took this pic