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kentuck

(115,376 posts) Sat Aug 20, 2016, 06:06 PM Aug 2016

Trump tells crowd in Virginia that "we are going to take our country back". [View all]

What does he mean by that?

Is he going to get black folks to help him do that?

I have never been able to understand what they mean when they say they are "going to take our country back"??

Back to 1930?

What?

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Trump tells crowd in Virginia that "we are going to take our country back". [View all] kentuck Aug 2016 OP

Back to a US that never was, except in country music videos and movies. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #1

I think they mean 1830. madaboutharry Aug 2016 #2

it's not a dog whistle Enrique Aug 2016 #3

Somehow.... kentuck Aug 2016 #6

I always wonder who has it now. He never specifies. Arkansas Granny Aug 2016 #4

He means that the USA will have a white man for President again. I thought that everyone knew that. Coyotl Aug 2016 #5

^^^^THIS^^^^ Grassy Knoll Aug 2016 #7

The only thing he'll "take" will be a solid defeat. lpbk2713 Aug 2016 #8