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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 08:38 AM Dec 2016

Trump continues to mock African Americans at his victory rallies who "didn't come out to vote" [View all]

Chicago Tribune ‏@chicagotribune 11h11 hours ago
Trump calls on Pennsylvania rally crowd to cheer for African-Americans who "didn't come out to vote" http://trib.in/2hqjq1n


Thursday's rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, found the president-elect calling for the mostly white crowd to cheer for African-Americans who were "smart" to heed his message and therefore "didn't come out to vote" for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

"That was the big thing, so thank you to the African-American community," Trump said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-pennsylvania-rally-20161215-story.html


...you just know Trump will be first in line to block efforts to remove restrictions which prevented millions from voting, like voter id; early voting; same-day registration; the purging of voters from election rolls; outdated and faulty machinery; and a shortage of voting sites.

Ned Resnikoff ‏@resnikoff 14m14 minutes ago
When Trump applauds declining black voter participation, he's openly celebrating the elimination of voting rights for non-whites.

Philip Bump ‏@pbump 31m31 minutes ago
Trump's campaign reportedly worked to suppress black votes. The black vote was down. Trump applauds that publicly. https://t.co/cjwPQqZQKu

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