Trump asking for black vote in front of almost all white crowd

[HomerJS]

So Trump will not appear in front of groups such as the NAACP, Urban League, National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists? He doesn't go to a black audience asking for their vote he goes to a white audience asking for the black vote. In an act of pure gall Uncle Rudy bragged on how brave it was for Trump to go to Milwaukee and talk law and order because of how dangerous it is. Except one thing Trump was 40 miles away.

He has no problems always appearing in front of a bunch of white people. He gives speeches to Jewish groups, the military, Christian fundamentalists. What's wrong with black people? Hilary hasn't shied away from any constituency.

So let me get this straight, "Hey, you black people should vote for me, as long as I don't have to get too close"?

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/all...owd-shows-trump-is-not-ignoring-black-voters/

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Fox News recently had a poll showing Trumps support from blacks at 1%. And I'm pretty sure that's just Ben Carson.

Where he gave this speech the demo was also 1% black. This is his first appeal to black voters with less than 3 months to go. Maybe he should have accepted the invite from the NAACP when it was offered months ago.

 

[Schmide]

hehe 94.8% White,

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

derp

 

[MomentsofSanity]

derp

Best part. He wasn't a Trump supporter.

http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,21010991,00.html

 

[HomerJS]

Trump doubles down with his appeal for black votes "what the hell do you have to lose"
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...ld-trump-blows-through-mid-michigan/88957984/

In the most condescending manner possible in front of an almost white audience. Dimondale is a town that's 93% white. He could have traveled another 5 minutes away to a venue with more diverse population.

I think I've figured out Trump's plan of talking about black people in front of white people. He's not asking for the black vote because he wants it. He currently polls at around 0-1%. He's doing it to convince white people he's not racist. He'll be able to tell white people in the future "see I tried to help those people"

How else to you explain the Trump method of "asking for the black vote as long as he doesn't have to get too close to them"?

 

[Jhhnn]

Trump doubles down with his appeal for black votes "what the hell do you have to lose"
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...ld-trump-blows-through-mid-michigan/88957984/

In the most condescending manner possible in front of an almost white audience. Dimondale is a town that's 93% white. He could have traveled another 5 minutes away to a venue with more diverse population.

I think I've figured out Trump's plan of talking about black people in front of white people. He's not asking for the black vote because he wants it. He currently polls at around 0-1%. He's doing it to convince white people he's not racist. He'll be able to tell white people in the future "see I tried to help those people"

How else to you explain the Trump method of "asking for the black vote as long as he doesn't have to get too close to them"?

All the while he maintains the idea of "those people" rather than "my fellow Americans."

So inclusive, right?

 

[Commodus]

It's as if his campaign advisors told him that he had to court black voters, but weren't allowed to show him how to do it.

Not that Clinton is especially in touch with the black community, but she's at least showing a basic degree of empathy. As HomerJS said, Trump is doing the bare minimum -- enough to convince his loyalists (who'll believe anything he says) that he's considering black people, but no more. This isn't going to move the needle in a significant way... thankfully.

 

[Schmide]

she's at least showing a basic degree of empathy.

Hot Sauce? (kidding)

 

[shortylickens]

Thats like a little old lady asking Nintendo to make geriatric video games just because she wants them.
They arent stupid. They know even if they did make such a game, she wouldnt fucking pay money for it.

 

[compuwiz1]

What have the democrats done for black people in the last 5 decades, besides make promises to them and use them for votes? Not shit. The inner cities are still a mess and almost every ghetto is run by democrats. What the hell do they have to lose? It's a valid question.

 

[Mxylplyx]

What have the democrats done for black people in the last 5 decades, besides make promises to them and use them for votes? Not shit. The inner cities are still a mess and almost every ghetto is run by democrats. What the hell do they have to lose? It's a valid question.

As long as the Republican Party is the natural home for racists and white nationalists, this argument will fall on deaf ears. It is very possible that blacks are underserved by the left, but republicans make every effort to actively repel the black vote.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Just exactly what have Democrats SUPPOSED to have done "for black people" in the last 5 decades?

There are plenty of poor urban dwellers of all races. If blacks voted for Obama because he was "black," they also did so with the hope that he could "show the nation a thing or two" and strike a blow to end a politics and culture of racial identity.

This is why Trump's most recent "resets" and speech remarks made in white communities show such ignorance.

 

[sportage]

Yeah, I was going to post this same thread and include the photo.
Nothin like preaching black love to a clan of white folks.
Whats next Donald?
Preaching Hispanic love to a clan of white folks?
Or better yet, preaching Gay love to a bunch of bible thumpers.
Oh that Donald.... There he goes again. Silly goose.

 

[fskimospy]

What have the democrats done for black people in the last 5 decades, besides make promises to them and use them for votes? Not shit. The inner cities are still a mess and almost every ghetto is run by democrats. What the hell do they have to lose? It's a valid question.

It is a valid question with a very simple answer. They have so, so much to lose. Go look at Paul Ryan's budget as a good example.

 

[bshole]

As long as the Republican Party is the natural home for racists and white nationalists, this argument will fall on deaf ears. It is very possible that blacks are underserved by the left, but republicans make every effort to actively repel the black vote.

Indeed, I believe he won the primary through use of fear of the other. I came from this environment and still struggle with it. It is cultish/clanish and it is a natural evolved trait in humans.

What Trump understands is that appeals to race are an essential organizing element of the Modern Republican Party. Let me get out of the way that I am not saying all Republicans or conservatives are racist. What I am saying is that the Modern Republican Party was built beginning in the mid-1960s to harness a large group of voters for whom race trumps other economic and social issues.

It is quite possible to hold racist views and yet have your progressive positions on climate change or labor unions drive your vote. Or put more simply, there are certainly racists in the Democratic Party. On the other hand, there are voters who are anti-racist yet vote Republican because they oppose abortion rights or side with the party because of some other deeply held view. To distinguish the specific group of voters in the GOP for whom their views on race dominate their other interests, I will describe these voters as “race-motivated.”

Race-motivated voters within the Republican Party strongly supported Donald Trump over other GOP candidates. In a March Washington Post – ABC News poll, 54% of Trump voters said that whites are losing out because of preferences for African-Americans and Latinos. No more than 37% of any other GOP candidate’s supporters held this view. Similarly, recent research that reviews American National Election Survey Data indicates that Trump supporters have significantly worse views of African-Americans, Latinos and Muslims than Republicans that supported other candidates.

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/24/tru..._the_partys_platform_by_being_overtly_racist/

 

[K1052]

Trump: GOP 'must do better' on African-American outreach

“Outreach to the African-American community is an area where the Republican Party must do better,” said Trump, at an evening campaign stop in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Coming from Trump, the chiding may be hard to swallow for Republican leaders, who have seen their plans to improve minority outreach following Mitt Romney’s 2012 loss undermined by the New York businessman’s actions and inflammatory statements about minorities. The Republican nominee has repeatedly retweeted white supremacists, retweeted false statistics that blame black Americans for more murders than they actually commit, and declined to condemn the Ku Klux Klan in a television interview before later disavowing the group on Twitter.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-gop-african-american-outreach-227233

Yea GOP get your act together on rounding up...er getting out the minority vote for Trump.

 

[emperus]

What have the democrats done for black people in the last 5 decades, besides make promises to them and use them for votes? Not shit. The inner cities are still a mess and almost every ghetto is run by democrats. What the hell do they have to lose? It's a valid question.

You can't be serious, can you? Learn some History.
5 decades is 50 years. So you're talking about the 1960's right?

1963
March on Washington
Sixteenth Street Church Bombing

1964
24th Amendment abolishing the poll Tax
Civil Rights Act

1965
Selma March
Voting Rights Act 1965

1967
Loving vs. Virginia (ban on interracial marriages unconstitutional)

1968
MLK shot
Civil Rights Act 1968

1988
Over Regan's veto passes Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988

Honestly, you probably should shut up about this if you have 0 clue about history. And while you are spewing this nonsense maybe you can tell me when Trump says Make America great again, a previous year when it was "great" for African Americans or even a decade you believe was "great" for African Americans.

edit: Btw look at the list above. That is exactly what African Americans have to lose.
2nd edit: Apologies for the errors, long weekend and early morning.

 

[shortylickens]

Regan veto in 1968?

 

[shortylickens]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ronald_Reagan#Civil_rights

Nope, it was 1988 and the Civil Rights Restoration Act.

 

[HomerJS]

I can tell you one thing the GOP has done for black people. Gut part of the Voting Rights Act.

 

[emperus]

Regan veto in 1968?

My fault, fixed.

 

[Puffnstuff]

The Voting Rights Act was 1965 and the Civil Rights Act which laid the foundation for EEO was 1964 and establish Title VII protections for all workers and mandated the fair and equal treatment of all control groups. Trump should change his campaign theme song to this:
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