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 thats winning, he told Christian Broadcasting Networks 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 Im 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.
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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 Networks 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 were doing very well. It looks like were 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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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)GOP is attacked for being racist because they ARE racists, whether democrats are winning or losing
mitch96
(13,895 posts)Yup, a hit dog gonna holler...
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ProfessorGAC
(65,001 posts)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!
LittleGirl
(8,284 posts)2 yrs in politics and I can't wait for IQ45 to be out of our White house.
Yonnie3
(17,434 posts)Paraphrased as "The bigger the lie, the more it will be believed."
Johnny2X2X
(19,058 posts)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)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)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.
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)He really knows how to play that white resentment card, in spite of the fact that white people are running everything in this country.
cstanleytech
(26,284 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)plastered on his van.................
Hey traitor the "blue wave" has a arrived, your about two weeks late.....................so go fuck yourslef
BumRushDaShow
(128,894 posts)You already HAVE the Senate!
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)If the "blue wave has lost momentum" as he purports, nothing will rile it up again like him gloating publicly.
BumRushDaShow
(128,894 posts)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)the blue wave "has lost momentum."
No it hasn't, but the GOP is stealing and cheating elections.
Racerdog1
(808 posts)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.
still_one
(92,174 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)The Nazis were racist. They lost. Get over it.
Signed,
The 66%
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)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)and quacks like a duck, then guess what Trump... it's a DUCK. Just like you're a racist POS.