“My African American” redux?😳 1/…

Via Kyle Griffin:

Donald #Trump, late last night, said Black people like him because he has been "discriminated against" by the legal system.

He told the crowd the lights were so bright that, "I can't see too many people out there, but I can only see the Black ones. I can't see any white ones." #racist

2/ Oy! More from Greg Bluestein:

‘“When I did the mug shot in Atlanta, that mug shot is No. 1,” Trump told an audience of Black Republicans in Columbia. “You know who embraced it more than anyone else? The Black population.”

@GottaLaff
Oh... how did we forget that everyone in BLM suddenly became Trump supporters after that mug shot was released?
@Wileymiller That was SO jarring to wake up to!! It’s only 7 am here.

@Wileymiller @GottaLaff
Pretty sure that statement by Trump was intended to appease the racists amongst his supporters.

Y'know, the people who think "those people are always in trouble with the law, so they must like Trump now. See, I'm not racist"

@Wileymiller @GottaLaff sarcasm with knobs on 👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣
@GottaLaff “when I did the mug shot” 🙄
@GottaLaff
That's twice this week they show their rascism to get votes! 1st the snickers, now the mug shot????
How oblivious to reality they need to be to not see the prejudice and rascism on those! When they tell you who they are believe them!
@NataliaArmyOf1 Everyone knows it’s racism. That’s the appeal.
@GottaLaff i know, but they (foxnews, maga etc..) sale it as "reaching to the black community to get their vote". It's what they do! when it won't work, because it is "racism desguized", they are gonna say "they are racist againts us, we tried to reach to them!" We already had trump saying "i did more for the black community than Lincoln!"🤨

@NataliaArmyOf1 Oh, yes, that’s true.

But as far as “How oblivious to reality they need to be to not see the prejudice and rascism on those!” They see it. They don’t care and are as racist as he is.

@GottaLaff fact! The entitlement is such that they see, proclaim and bank on it. Still, how delulu of them to believe the black community along with the rest of the world wouldn't take notice (i.e. their racism)?

@GottaLaff Honestly, it's one of the reasons I'm optimistic. Every one of these carves out a few more that aren't the most fanatical of his followers.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending him whatsoever.

It's just that every time he breaks through the bottom to find another bottom, and gets coverage for saying the stupidest things he does us a favour by whittling away a few more folks who aren't completely batshit crazy and adding enthusiasm to those on the left who might not have voted.

@signalthirteen Oh, you're spot on. Chris Hayes has been saying for months now that the more people are exposed to his vile words, the more his poll numbers drop, because people have forgotten. He's been relatively quiet til now.

And it's been documented, btw.

@GottaLaff and where is the coverage of this? Why aren’t the major networks and newspapers running headlines about these comments? Guess they’re too busy writing the millionth story about Biden’s age.
@msmp It's happening right now, so how can they get a story out? He'd have to finish first, they'd have to write it and then publish.
@msmp As for airing it, I have no idea who is airing it and who isn't.

@msmp Oh sorry! You're referring to last night.

I wonder too!!

@GottaLaff @msmp it’s shocking to me that I’m reading about this here, on Mastadon, after checking news sources this morning…he’s spewing overt racism and sounding more and more like someone with dementia and they post…nothing? Again, what the actual hell is going on with news outlets?