Trump Tells Black Reporter April Ryan To 'Set Up' Meeting With CBC For Him

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By ESME CRIBB Published FEBRUARY 16, 2017, 2:25 PM EDT

President Donald Trump asked a black reporter on Thursday if she was "friends" with the Congressional Black Caucus and told her to "set up a meeting" if she wants him to speak to them. "We're going to do a lot of work on the inner cities. I have great people lined up to help with the inner cities," he said during a press conference.

"When you say the inner cities, are you going to include the CBC (Congressional Black Caucus), Mr. President, in your conversations with your urban agenda, your inner city agenda" American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan asked.

"Am I going to include who?" Trump interrupted.

"Are you going to include the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus" Ryan said.

"Well, I would. I tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting?" Trump said, speaking over her. "Do you want to set up the meeting?"

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Trump: 'I Am The Least Anti-Semitic Person You've Ever Seen'

By ESME CRIBB Published FEBRUARY 16, 2017, 2:11 PM EST

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he finds questions about whether his administration has incited anti-Semitic acts "insulting" and that he is "the least anti-Semitic person you've ever seen."

"Sit down," Trump told a reporter during a press conference. "Number one, I am the least anti-Semitic person you've ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism, the least racist person."

Trump said that he did "very well" relative to other Republican candidates, and shouted over the reporter's interjection.

"Quiet, quiet, quiet. See, he lied that he was going to get up and ask a straight, simple question, so, you know, welcome to the world of the media," Trump said.

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[Fast Walker 52]

1. gee, that's not racist at all... and of course he doesn't know what CBC is

That presser was a rambling wreck... the guy is seriously unbalanced

[Chicago1980]

2. Yes massa...

Bastard!

[iluvtennis]

3. WTF - does the #illegitimate #unpotus not know that the CBC and CHC are part of the congress? GAH

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. silly me

I thought he had an African American. Didn't he point him out during the campaign?

[StevieM]

5. You can't make this stuff up. Nobody would ever find it believable in fiction. And yet it is now

our very real world.

But at least we don't have a president who owned her own email server.

[yallerdawg]

6. "Untethered" and unhinged.

If you listen to this person and don't hear the utterances of a mentally unbalanced flim-flam huckster, there is something wrong with YOU.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Did he then ask her to get him a cup of coffee?

I'm posting a link to the entire video in the Video & Multimedia Forum.

[Judi Lynn]

14. Exactly! She forgot her responsibility to offer any refreshments or other sustenance he needed. n/t

[JudyM]

15. Exactly what I thought when it was happening. She couldn't believe her ears, either.

[LuckyLib]

23. She tried to say "I'm a reporter" but of course he interrupted/talked over her response.

The cheeto is off the rails. Completely. And the more people who recognize it and call it out in public, ON THE AIRWAVES, the better. Non-stop.

[True Dough]

30. CNN had April Ryan as a panel guest an hour or two after the press conference

She downplayed the way Trump responded to her, saying this issue is bigger than her feelings about his words. She also said she's a reporter, not a "black" or "African American" reporter.

She was gracious, but resolute.

[JudyM]

32. Thanks for this follow up, True Dough. Better to stay objective, she did that with class. She's

right, of course, it's a bigger picture issue even if he has no sense about what he would derisively call "political correctness."

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. What's the big deal? Hell, everyone knows

all black people know all the other black people!

[MontanaMama]

9. Of course! April would be happy to set that up for you

because apparently all African American people KNOW each other. JFC. He is SUCH and ass hole.

[bravenak]

10. Same thing i said to my teevee

[orleans]

29. same thing colbert said in his opening tonight n/t

[Buckeyeblue]

11. I made the mistake of watching the video clip

I have avoided watching any news coverage of 45 since the election. I read a great deal but it's too painful to watch. Now I need a drink.

[MontanaMama]

13. Right behind you.

I've often turned to my good friend, wine, since November 8th. Self medication. Sigh.

[StevieM]

18. Welcome to DU!! And you're right...it is painful to watch. (eom)

[SharonClark]

12. He's an idiot.

[yardwork]

16. When I see this behavior from Trump, it makes me embarrassed to be white.

I imagine what black people - who voted against Trump resoundingly - think of this. I wonder what they think of all of us white folk, who voted for Trump overwhelmingly.

I have never felt this way in my life. Trump makes me ashamed to identify as white. Seriously.

[smirkymonkey]

22. He was such a rude, fucking bastard.

It made me ashamed to be white too. I really felt terrible for her. She was being very polite and reasonable and he just tore into her. It was completely unacceptable.

[TeamPooka]

17. "Then could you introduce me to Denzel? Also, great job in Hidden Figures."

[dalton99a]

19. +1

[pangaia]

26. And Miles..he's been doing a tremendous job, just tremendous!

[GallopingGhost]

20. I saw Frederick Douglass and Oprah

sitting together in Starbucks yesterday.

They looked like they were plotting something bigly.

It's true. Believe me.

[adigal]

25. I heard that April Ryan knows Freddie and Oprah and can set up a meet

Easy D wants to know.

[GallopingGhost]

28. Easy D?

Oh, yeah, Dennis Quaid, The Big Easy. He was there, I saw him there too. And it was beautiful, believe me. He congratulated me on my ratings. He's a big fan, you know. A yuge fan. Not unfair at all. Terrific, just terrific. Very very good, very good. Tremendous!

[adigal]

33. No, last week Trumputin ended a tweet with Easy D, meaning defense

And twitter went crazy, calling him Easy D, the rap artist.

[GallopingGhost]

34. No, I know

I was being funny because Dennis Quaid starred in The Big Easy.

Just rambling. Like Trump.

[Brother Buzz]

21. I was thinking it was his Chance the Gardner moment

When Chance walked up to the black lady, a total stranger on the street, and asks for lunch

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

24. Well, gosh, can you blame him? I mean, how else could he ever get

in contact with the CBC?

[lunasun]

27. the whole CBC thing was so cringy

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. Well, where's Fred Douglas in all of this?

Why doesn't he do something for a change, or is he too busy getting his name in the paper?