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Its another Charlottesville moment for some aides inside the Trump administration.
President Donald Trumps handling of the nationwide anti-racism protests and the response to George Floyds killing is prompting a private reckoning, spurring sadness or soul-searching among some people of color who continue to serve in the administration after three and a half years, say several current and former aides.
These Republican aides people of color appointed by the Trump team say they are mystified as to why the president can so forcefully call for law and order amid ongoing protests, yet he cannot speak with the same conviction about racism in America, or offer words to soothe a divided and scared nation as it faces social unrest alongside a pandemic and an economic downturn.
They had a huge opportunity, and they botched it, said one senior administration official, among several people of color who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid putting their jobs at risk. They could have gotten out ahead of it by having the president say something or go to Minnesota, where hes been many times. I dont know what led to the botching. Maybe he needs more advisers who have a better sense of what is going on in the real world.
More than two weeks since George Floyds death, Trump has not given a major address on race, unity or race relations in the U.S. even as some aides and advisers have urged him to do so. Instead, the president has vacillated between playing up his support and credentials with law enforcement, ramping up his own reelection campaign and trying to appease black voters with strange tributes to Floyd. Hes plotting his own executive action on the issue while Congress weighs larger moves.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-had-a-huge-opportunity-people-of-color-on-trumps-team-reckon-with-a-backlash/ar-BB15nMuF?li=BBnbfcL
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)How can they stand to do that?
catrose
(5,073 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)Is why would a person of color work for this shitshow???
WVreaper
(623 posts)Nothing else matters.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Believeth him the first hundred times. Art thou dumbasses?
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)I don't know why they expect anything better.
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)I saw this movie. It's called Dumb, and Dumber.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)There are plenty of conservative African-Americans. If the GOP wasn't full of racists, they'd get a good portion of their votes.