Sanders Says Trump Isn't Racist, Citing 'The Apprentice'

[DonViejo]

Source: Bloomberg News




By Toluse Olorunnipa

January 16, 2018, 9:39 AM EST Updated on January 16, 2018, 11:06 AM EST

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said claims that President Donald Trump is racist are “outrageous,” citing his success as a public figure and his star turn on television as a host on NBC’s reality show “The Apprentice.”

“Frankly, if the critics of the president were who he said he was, why did NBC give him a show for a decade on TV?” Sanders said Tuesday.

Trump has been under fire after denigrating immigrants from Africa and Haiti in a meeting with lawmakers last week. The president defended himself on Sunday, telling reporters as he entered his West Palm Beach golf club that he was “the least racist person you have ever interviewed.”

Sanders was responding to Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, who said Monday on CBS’s “Late Show” that Trump could prove he was not a racist by signing legislation protecting from deportation undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. by their parents as minors. Democrats and Republicans have been in negotiations over what to do about a temporary Obama administration policy -- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA -- since Trump moved to end the protections last year.











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[Gymbo]

1. Wait a second Sarah

The Apprentice library is supposedly home to Trump saying damnably obscene things about races. Too bad the owner of those tapes is a Trumpster we might get a hold of some real proof.

[Honeycombe8]

2. Methinks they doth protest too much. nt

[NurseJackie]

3. Sanders is a liar...

... and she's not fooling anyone.

[George II]

15. Heard her saying earlier, "Alexa, buy me a muzzle!"

[underpants]

4. Because Batman wasn't available?

Money. That's why they had his show on.

Mark Burnett was inspired by "The Art of the Deal" when he was selling jeans in Venice CA. He promised himself if he ever got the chance he'd pay back Trump in some way. BTW - that show was in the top 10 it's first season and slowly slid down the ratings until it wasn't even in the top 100.

[TommyCelt]

5. Ummmm....

“Frankly, if the critics of the president were who he said he was, why did NBC give him a show for a decade on TV?” Sanders said Tuesday."

2+2 = fish

[ck4829]

6. "I'm not racist, I had plenty of black apprentices!"

Where was the show where he had a black boss?

I do remember when we had a black POTUS and he was questioning his birth place though. Not racist though, right?

[Wwcd]

9. My Neighbor, few houses down said the same damn thing!

" I aint racist, I got Mexicans mowin' my lawn and I pay them well"

Gasp at the damned ignorance..
I just turned & walked away. Wtf do you even say to the stupidity.
I could have about cried.

[George II]

17. "Some of my best friends are......"

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

7. Seriously, Sarah, do you want to go there?

'The Apprentice' Alums Recall Donald Trump's Sexist and Racist Behavior

[niyad]

8. sarah suckabee sanders, how is it that your bile and venom and lies not choke you?

[Wuddles440]

10. Someone please...

put this bloviating COW out to pasture!

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Hey, pal, NIMBY

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Her parents must've done awful things to their children.

She is totally screwed up.

[StevieM]

13. I seem to remember the only black guy to win the Apprentice being asked if he would share

his victory with the competitor who he defeated.

[riversedge]

14. NBC fired Donald Trump after his controversial remarks about Mexicans .June 29, 2015

Remember this?


NBC Severs Ties With Donald Trump After Immigration Remarks
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/nbc-severs-ties-with-donald-trump-after-immigration-remarks-20150629

"Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump," network announces
By Daniel Kreps
June 29, 2015







Donald Trump
NBC fired Donald Trump after his controversial remarks about Mexicans. NBG/Getty

NBC has revealed that the network has severed ties with Donald Trump after the Republican presidential candidate made controversial remarks about Mexicans and immigration. "At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values," the company said in a statement. "Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump."

NBC will continue to air episodes of the Trump-hosted reality competition series The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, however the real estate scion will no longer feature on the show. Trump previously revealed he would step away from Celebrity Apprentice to pursue a White House run, but NBC is now saying "You're fired," permanently.

[Devil Child]

16. My tinfoil hat may be on too tight

But I swear she switched from Huckabee-Sanders to Sanders to make me do a double take every time I see a "Sanders..." LBN headline.

[Gothmog]

18. This is stupid even coming from Sarah Sanders

[BoneyardDem]

19. Sanders produces a non stop plethora of lies....

....covering for Trump. I have to imagine she realizes she is lying and is destined for Hell. Justifying lies for the greater good, never seems to work out in the long run.

[George II]

20. Huh?

[yurbud]

21. please refer to her as Huckabee Sanders so you don't smear Bernie

[NurseJackie]

22. Ha!! :-D

[George II]

25. If someone doesn't mention him how can it be a smear of him?

[yurbud]

28. when it's just "Sanders" in the headline. Imagine if Trump had an underling named Hillary...

and every headline said something like "Hillary makes another racist remark"

[Corgigal]

23. He was just part of the cast

and it was all scripted. If he didn't take the job, they would have found another, not working too hard CEO to take his place. Real CEO's wouldn't have the time to do that silly show. Trump didn't really own a business, just his name, so he had plenty of time.

I'm sure they would have loved someone like Richard Branson, but that wasn't going to happen.

[crim son]

24. I don't see any correlation between what he did on t.v.

and his racism or the absence of it. It's not even an argument worth thinking about.

[underthematrix]

26. Really? Prove it. NBC should release the Apprentice unedited tapes

[Gothmog]

27. Sanders is a liar

Sarah is lying yet again