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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:40 PM Jul 2016

Trump BUSTED In Racist Slip Up: ‘Laziness Is A Trait In Blacks, I Believe That’

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/07/20/trump-busted-in-racist-slip-up-laziness-is-a-trait-in-blacks-i-believe-that/

The Washington Post has exposed in a new report some of the most troubling, racism-fueled undercurrents in Donald Trump’s relationship with the African American community. They uncovered devastatingly racist comments like:

“I think the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is. I Believe that. It’s not anything they can control.”

One of the biggest holes in the party apparatus that the Republicans want to take them to the White House is the hemorrhaging of minority support.

The African American community’s votes handed Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic nomination, and their support, along with that of other minority groups, is gearing up to hand Clinton the presidency in November.


Did the vulgar talking yam not once own a football team, presumably with a number of black players?!
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Trump BUSTED In Racist Slip Up: ‘Laziness Is A Trait In Blacks, I Believe That’ (Original Post) KamaAina Jul 2016 OP
check this Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #1
Slip-up? XemaSab Jul 2016 #2
+1 bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #26
Shock! Horror! Trump is a racist! I hope these comments get more publicity. Doodley Jul 2016 #3
as much as the three sworn-to sexual assault lawsuits have. Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #4
Yes, they're such a "new" finding. Of course the Hortensis Jul 2016 #33
Meh Calculating Jul 2016 #5
Unrepatant, unabashed racist. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2016 #6
Recced, kicked, and Facebooked. eom MohRokTah Jul 2016 #7
Stop strengthening his support amongst FB friends that are leaning his way. nt Lucky Luciano Jul 2016 #11
I don't have any Facebook friends who would support the orange faced tiny fingered shitgibbon. eom MohRokTah Jul 2016 #12
orange faced tiny fingered shitgibbon XemaSab Jul 2016 #24
Don't take my comment too seriously...was in jest. nt Lucky Luciano Jul 2016 #25
The New Jersey Generals Motley13 Jul 2016 #8
You can also blame the collapse of the USFL on Donald Trump jmowreader Jul 2016 #18
We can't blame Trump for saying stupid sh*t like this anamandujano Jul 2016 #9
One of my favorite neologisms applies... 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #17
I don't understand people who claim he's not really racist... sarae Jul 2016 #10
He may have never said anything to them but in the past year he has said many Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #14
so how exactly is he different from David Duke, who has no place in the Republican Party? n/t JustinL Jul 2016 #13
The only difference I see is sarae Jul 2016 #16
Maybe he's playing to the base, tho this crap won't fly with the youth vote. Snarkoleptic Jul 2016 #15
It's not Trump that bothers me as much as the number of Americans that support his racism world wide wally Jul 2016 #19
K&R for Title Headline, without reading the entire Opening Post Jeffersons Ghost Jul 2016 #20
he has a great relationship with "THE" blacks ... napkinz Jul 2016 #21
Busted 25 years ago Major Nikon Jul 2016 #22
He didn't slip up, that was intentional. He is baiting his KKK-Stormfront fan base. Rex Jul 2016 #23
Gaaaaaasp! A racist republican? That'd be like finding a unicorn if there weren't so many Press Virginia Jul 2016 #27
Donald Trump has never known any black people. Dustlawyer Jul 2016 #28
kick napkinz Jul 2016 #29
K & R Scurrilous Jul 2016 #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #31
+1, I agree. He is repulsive, revolting, disgusting, abhorrent, objectionable, vile, foul and nasty uppityperson Jul 2016 #32
Apparently the polls say he has ZERO AA support. Rustyeye77 Jul 2016 #34

Calculating

(2,955 posts)
5. Meh
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:51 PM
Jul 2016

As if any blacks were gonna vote for Trump anyway. Sadly, this probably makes him more popular among his base.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
8. The New Jersey Generals
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:07 PM
Jul 2016

another of his failed enterprises

I have been keeping a list of his failed businesses, I'm up to 17 & that is not counting the condos that went broke.

Trump steaks
vodka
games
Trump U
Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, Trump Marina
Trump Airline
Trump magazine
mortgage
GoTrump.com - travel search engine
Trump Tower Tampa
Trump ice - water
Tour de Trump
Trump on the Ocean - Jones Beach, Restaurant, catering
Trump Network - vitamin pyramid scheme
Trumped! talk radio
Trump news Media - video on demand, high speed internet

Greatest businessman, my ass

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
18. You can also blame the collapse of the USFL on Donald Trump
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:05 PM
Jul 2016

The USFL was a football league formed in the early 1980s to play spring and summer football. You can read all about it on the Internets. Anyway, The Donald was one of the biggest movers in the league's attempt to become a fall football league...he wanted to merge with the NFL, and the NFL was having none of it. The USFL sued the NFL on antitrust grounds...and won...one dollar, which because it was an antitrust case was trebled. Yes, the NFL delivered to the USFL a check for three dollars. The guy who founded the USFL still has it.

If they would have left the USFL as a spring league I think MLS Soccer would have had a hard time gaining a foothold. But thanks to Mafia Don, they're long gone.

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
9. We can't blame Trump for saying stupid sh*t like this
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:13 PM
Jul 2016

because he's an ignoramus. It's not something he can control.

3catwoman3

(23,946 posts)
17. One of my favorite neologisms applies...
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:02 PM
Jul 2016

...perfectly to Trump -

IGNORANUS - someone who is both stupid AND an a$$hole.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
10. I don't understand people who claim he's not really racist...
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:14 PM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Last week, Morning Joe's Mika and Joe were talking about how they've known Donald for so many years and he's never, ever said anything remotely racist. I kept thinking, both of you are fucking white...how would you know what he says to or about non-white people when you're not around? Their willingness to believe that this man is "color-blind" is naive.

Here's yet another story:
Black Employees at a Trump Casino Were Reportedly Removed Whenever the Donald Arrived
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2015/08/trump-casinos-black-employees

...a new report from the New Yorker relays an alarming account of how black employees at one of Donald Trump's Atlantic City properties were routinely kept from view when the real estate magnate came to town.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
14. He may have never said anything to them but in the past year he has said many
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:46 PM
Jul 2016

Disparaging remarks and he has not apologized for his nasty mouth.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
16. The only difference I see is
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:01 PM
Jul 2016

that David Duke's not half as dangerous as Trump, considering the much smaller following he has.

Snarkoleptic

(5,996 posts)
15. Maybe he's playing to the base, tho this crap won't fly with the youth vote.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:00 PM
Jul 2016

Yes, Trump’s biggest asset is racism: Why bigotry (not the economy) is the biggest factor driving his rise
https://www.salon.com/2016/03/22/yes_trumps_secret_weapon_is_racism_why_bigotry_not_the_economy_is_the_biggest_factor_driving_his_rise/

The survey then showed four prompts on racial resentment (which we then combined to a single metric), which each respondent was asked to rate on a 5-point scale from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree”:

Irish, Italian, Jewish, and many other minorities overcame prejudice and worked their way up. Black people should do the same without any special favors.
It’s really a matter of some people not trying hard enough; if black people would only try harder they could be just as well-off as whites.
Over the past few years, black people have gotten less than they deserve.
Generations of slavery and discrimination have created conditions that make it difficult for black people to work their way out of the lower class.

When analyzing this survey data, we threw in a number of statistical controls for individual race, age, income, education, partisan identification, political ideology, level of political interest, church attendance, perceptions of economic performance, and opinions about free trade and whether government should provide fewer or more services. That was meant to isolate the extent to which respondents’ views on race affected their views on the election.

On just about every measure, support for Trump increased along with the measured racial animus.

Major Nikon

(36,818 posts)
22. Busted 25 years ago
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:32 PM
Jul 2016

That's when the book came out. Not that it isn't still relevant to Nazi Trump today and doesn't need to be continually repeated, but the smoke from the gun vanished some time ago.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
23. He didn't slip up, that was intentional. He is baiting his KKK-Stormfront fan base.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 01:52 AM
Jul 2016

He knows where most of his votes are coming from. What amazes me is how the MSM won't make this a huge issue.

 

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)
27. Gaaaaaasp! A racist republican? That'd be like finding a unicorn if there weren't so many
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 09:26 AM
Jul 2016

blatantly racist republicans

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)
28. Donald Trump has never known any black people.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 09:37 AM
Jul 2016

The best way to combat racism has always been to increase opportunities for interaction so that both groups get to know and understand each other. Donald has grown up with great privilege so that his only exposure to minorities is when he is around low level staff which he probably barely acknowledges.

I would hope he gets to spend a lot of time with Willie Gary! Mr. Gary is black and happens to be one of the most talented, wealthy trial lawyers in the country. I hope that time is spent answering Mr. Gary's questions accross a conference table in deposition and in court on the witness stand!

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