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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 10:29 PM Sep 2016

This Is What The Audience Looks Like At A Trump Event On African-American ‘Concerns’

This Is What The Audience Looks Like At A Trump Event On African-American ‘Concerns’

Pretty darn white.





justin kanew ?@justin_kanew 8 hours ago
Finding the black man at Trump's "African-American Town Hall" is like a fucked up Where's Waldo

PatPolitics ?@patpolitix 10 hours ago
@brandonenglish @Bencjacobs the only person of color i see looks lost. Maybe he is?


It’s not entirely clear what “surrounding African-Americans” means in this context, but a photo of the audience suggests the event itself was “surrounded” by white people.

The crowd certainly didn’t appear to reflect the church’s usual congregation or the general population of Cleveland Heights, which is 42.5 percent black, according to the most recent Census figures.

The Hannity special is scheduled to air Wednesday night at 10 p.m.
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Sunny05

(865 posts)
1. The photos say
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 11:59 PM
Sep 2016

it all, and yet those captions really add to it.

But the actual issue here: What a piece of ____ he is.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
6. Even Before Opening the Thread
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 12:22 AM
Sep 2016

Last edited Thu Sep 22, 2016, 02:06 AM - Edit history (1)

I knew the crowd would look like this:
















 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
12. Good one. Like a Leith fantasy, as in someone's fantasy of Leith, ND.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 08:27 AM
Sep 2016

Someone who turned out to be 14% sub-Saharan African. You can bet most of the people in the room are also an unknown portion African in recent genetic origin, albeit they don't even know it either.

Your response is worth a chuckle, for sure.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
15. I Was Not Happy About the Leith ND White Supremacists
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 12:12 PM
Sep 2016

And my user name has nothing to do with it.

I first chose my user name in 2001. I was signing up for another message board and when they asked for a user name, I was listening to the Proclaimers album Sunshine on Leith (excellent album, even if soft rock isn't your thing).

I have been a member here since February, 2010. Cobb started his takeover of Leith, ND, in 2012, and I don't know anything about it except what was on the news. I am very much against scum like Cobb, white supremacists, Nazis of all sorts, etc. and I hope that nobody compares me to them.

Missn-Hitch

(1,383 posts)
7. I expected Atticus Finch to come walking down the aisle.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 12:33 AM
Sep 2016

The "surrounding African-Americans" are up on the 2nd level.

Surreal.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
8. It's like Where's Waldo (on edit: lol, I didn't see the WW reference in the OP, haha)
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 12:35 AM
Sep 2016

There's rarely more than one...if that.

vinny9698

(1,016 posts)
9. Also if you scan the audience it is older white people
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 03:51 AM
Sep 2016

That's his base, older white people and all are on SS and Medicare and want to cut government spending. And with SS, you qualify for food stamps so I can assume most are getting that as well.

JSup

(740 posts)
10. Well, yeah...
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 06:43 AM
Sep 2016

...it's a group of people concerned when they see African Americans; you just misinterpreted the stated reason for the town hall.

"Save us from these African Americans, Herr Trump!"

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
14. Thanks Republicans, Moonlinksat.com has Obama signing the farmbill pic on front page.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 09:57 AM
Sep 2016


full story about Obama Admin current news there.

http://www.misat.com/Site/HOME.html
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