Sunday, Donald Trump was asked about a 2014 tweet saying "Sadly, because President Obama has done such a poor job as president, you won't see another black president for generations." Naturally, he doubled down, explaining that his judgment held and that Obama ruled out another black president for decades to come:
Because I think that he has set a very poor standard. I think that he has set a very low bar and I think it's a shame for the African American people.
And by the way, he has done nothing for African Americans. You look at what's gone on with their income levels. You look at what's gone on with their youth. I thought that he would be a great cheerleader for this country. I thought he'd do a fabulous job for the African American citizens of this country.
He has done nothing.
Is this what a Republican trying to woo black voters looks like? "I'm so disappointed President Obama didn't do more for you, and you should vote for me because I would do more." That's believable! About as believable as Trump's prediction that "I will win the African-American vote."
It's also ... wow. We get one crack at a black president in generations because the first one somehow disqualified all the other black people, says a guy who has race, gender, and inherited wealth in common with George W. Bush. It's a beautiful illustration of how white men think of themselves as the norm and everyone else as a special case.
White men succeed or fail for themselves as individuals while getting endless benefit of the doubt, everyone else represents their people while getting zero benefit of the doubt. This is certainly one of the upsides of having Donald Trump in the race—all the ugly stuff that's usually at least a little veiled is right there out in the open for everyone to see. If only it didn't remind us how far we have to go by appealing to so many voters.this along with every other syllable out of his pie hole is more proof the guy is delusional do we want a crazed person that deals in a fantasy of his own importance and thinks that he has not insulted many and slapped in the face the most. proof you degrade the proudest time in Black culture and relegate it to "NOTHING" and you think we love you and will give you our vote???????????
republicans have a big problem and i'm not mad about it, i am however dismayed at how many persons actually approve of him as a viable candidate to lead the country but where down the rabbit hole??????? they support the most racist and bigoted ideals the party can come up with why, it's gonna hit them too and those on food stamps the most since that base reaps the now benefits that those they want to vote for want to take away from them and ObamaCares if they are too involved to realize they are being played then find let their governors deny them.
as to Pres. doing nothing who bears that name his party "the do nothingest congress in history", Pres. well his record goes in the opposite direction.
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