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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:35 AM Nov 2018

Trump: Republicans attacked as 'racist' only because they're winning

Source: Politico



By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 11/01/2018 08:03 AM EDT

President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against critics who have labeled him and others in the GOP as racist, telling an interviewer that such criticism is a sign that Democrats are growing desperate in their efforts to win back power in Washington.

“You know the word ‘racist’ is used about every Republican that’s winning,” he told Christian Broadcasting Network’s Jenna Browder en route to a campaign rally in Florida. “Any time a Republican is leading they take out the ‘R’ word, the ‘racist’ word. And I’m not anti-immigrant at all.”

Trump has long been accused of relying on racially charged rhetoric, especially in his push for more stringent immigration policies and tougher border security. He famously said the population of Mexican immigrants coming into the U.S. was made up, at least in part, of rapists, drug-dealers and other criminals. On Wednesday, he posted a video to Twitter blaming Democrats for murders committed by an undocumented immigrant and suggesting that caravans of mostly Central American immigrants making their way toward the U.S. through Mexico contains other criminals.

Trump also headlined a rally on Wednesday for Florida gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis, who is running against Democrat Andrew Gillum, an African-American, in a tight race that has teemed with racial tension.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/01/trump-republicans-winning-racists-953097



Trump declares 'the blue wave is dead'

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 11/01/2018 07:03 AM EDT

President Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that the Democratic Party does not have the midterm momentum that its leaders have claimed, proclaiming that “the blue wave is dead.”

In an interview with Christian Broadcast Network’s David Brody and Jenna Browder, Trump expressed confidence that Republicans would win the Senate and “do very well in the House." His comments came one day after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declared that Democrats "will win" control of the House perform well in Senate and gubernatorial races across the country.

“I think the blue wave is dead, frankly,” Trump told CBN in an interview taped Wednesday aboard Air Force One. “And I think we’re doing very well. It looks like we’re going to win the Senate which is very important.”

Trump stopped short of predicting that Republicans would maintain their majority in the House next Tuesday but slammed Pelosi, the longtime Democratic leader that GOP candidates have used as a foil in races nationwide.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/01/trump-2018-midterm-blue-wave-dead-953092
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Trump: Republicans attacked as 'racist' only because they're winning (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2018 OP
I always like the cognitive dissonance from the trump beachbum bob Nov 2018 #1
Republicans attacked as 'racist' only because they're winning mitch96 Nov 2018 #14
Hasn't Been Used Against Adam Kinzinger ProfessorGAC Nov 2018 #2
This has been the longest LittleGirl Nov 2018 #3
Right out of the Nazi play book Yonnie3 Nov 2018 #4
Here's what gives me some faith Johnny2X2X Nov 2018 #5
Yes.... Wuddles440 Nov 2018 #17
He's also lazy Johnny2X2X Nov 2018 #18
He loves the adoring attention. It gives him a high that he can't buy. Marcuse Nov 2018 #21
You can always depend on Trump to play the victim... MrScorpio Nov 2018 #6
Winning like Roy Moore? cstanleytech Nov 2018 #7
Here is a terrorist and then there is there leader who is also a terrorists, inciting violence... turbinetree Nov 2018 #8
"It looks like we're going to win the Senate" BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #9
I hope he keeps poking at the hornets nest. forgotmylogin Nov 2018 #11
The sad thing is BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #13
He knows they are cheating again just like they did in HIS election. That's why he's so sure C Moon Nov 2018 #16
So much winning! Racerdog1 Nov 2018 #10
If someone supports a racist, sexist, bigot, what does that make them? still_one Nov 2018 #12
Dear Mr. Toupee-wearing Trump, forgotmylogin Nov 2018 #15
That Frankensteinian thing on his head is his own hair. Dave Starsky Nov 2018 #19
If it walks like a duck Juneboarder Nov 2018 #20
Trump accuses black reporter of asking 'racist' question ck4829 Nov 2018 #22
 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
1. I always like the cognitive dissonance from the trump
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:37 AM
Nov 2018

GOP is attacked for being racist because they ARE racists, whether democrats are winning or losing

ProfessorGAC

(65,001 posts)
2. Hasn't Been Used Against Adam Kinzinger
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:39 AM
Nov 2018

And he'll likely win for the 3rd time. He's liar and dolt, and he thinks his military experience makes him better than everyone else, but he's not a racist.

So, even though i can't stand him as my congressperson, i am not calling him a racist.

So, Donnie, wrong!

Johnny2X2X

(19,058 posts)
5. Here's what gives me some faith
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:59 AM
Nov 2018

I know many here are doubting the election process now that the Orange Menace and Putin have come to power, but if the system was truly rigged at the voting booth, why would Trump be killing himself with this campaign blitz? The guy is a 73 year old coronary waiting to happen, the last thing he wants to be doing is 2-3 rallies a day all over the country.

He wouldn't be going all out if he knew the system was rigged and his boys would win all the close races.

Vote!

Wuddles440

(1,121 posts)
17. Yes....
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 12:50 PM
Nov 2018

but if the fix is in (which is a distinct possibility), he could be using this as another opportunity to brag about how his efforts secured electoral victories for the CONS and further expand the public's perception of his omnipotence. Also, his ego requires constant stoking and the adoration that the he receives at the rallies from his cultist followers gives him affirmation of just how incredibly "wonderful" he is.

Johnny2X2X

(19,058 posts)
18. He's also lazy
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 01:07 PM
Nov 2018

Trump would rather be back eating filet O Fish sandwiches in his underwear than keeping this hectic schedule. He needs the rallies to stoke his ego regularly, but not 11 in a few days.

The GOP seems desperate right now.

MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)
6. You can always depend on Trump to play the victim...
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:13 AM
Nov 2018

He really knows how to play that white resentment card, in spite of the fact that white people are running everything in this country.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
8. Here is a terrorist and then there is there leader who is also a terrorists, inciting violence...
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:17 AM
Nov 2018

plastered on his van.................









Hey traitor the "blue wave" has a arrived, your about two weeks late.....................so go fuck yourslef

forgotmylogin

(7,527 posts)
11. I hope he keeps poking at the hornets nest.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:06 AM
Nov 2018

If the "blue wave has lost momentum" as he purports, nothing will rile it up again like him gloating publicly.

BumRushDaShow

(128,894 posts)
13. The sad thing is
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:51 AM
Nov 2018

that no matter what it is - even if it is something completely fabricated - he will find something to gloat about.

As an example - he'll claim he now has 15,000 troops at the border (false) and right after election day, he'll insist that "The Caravan™" (that is still 1000 miles away from any border) hasn't crossed the border yet because of the "troops" (false). It will become his "See? I saved you!1111!!!" moment.

C Moon

(12,212 posts)
16. He knows they are cheating again just like they did in HIS election. That's why he's so sure
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 12:06 PM
Nov 2018

the blue wave "has lost momentum."
No it hasn't, but the GOP is stealing and cheating elections.

 

Racerdog1

(808 posts)
10. So much winning!
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:50 AM
Nov 2018

Is there anyone any dumber than this orange shit bag and his dumb fuck supporters? When you look at those poor dumb ass morons at his Nazi gatherings, you can't help but laugh at their ignorance.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
19. That Frankensteinian thing on his head is his own hair.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 02:33 PM
Nov 2018

A combination of a botched scalp reduction surgery and the most elaborate swirling combover in tonsorial history.

He dyes it dog-piss yellow to look more attractive to the ladies.

Juneboarder

(1,732 posts)
20. If it walks like a duck
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 02:44 PM
Nov 2018

and quacks like a duck, then guess what Trump... it's a DUCK. Just like you're a racist POS.

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