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spanone

(135,843 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:47 AM Sep 2020

Trump unveils 'Platinum Plan' for Black Americans



(CNN) - President Donald Trump unveiled a plan aimed at winning over Black Americans on Friday, less than two months before Election Day, largely expanding upon the existing economic-related initiatives the President established in his first term.

The proposals include prosecuting the Ku Klux Klan and Antifa as terrorist organizations, making Juneteenth a federal holiday and efforts to bolster Black economic prosperity.

During an Atlanta event announcing what was deemed the Black Economic Empowerment "Platinum Plan," Trump sought to draw contrasts between his plan for the African American community and Joe Biden's proposals, arguing that the former vice president "inflicted" damage on the Black community over the last 47 years he's spent working in Washington.

Trump garnered just 8% of the Black electorate in 2016 -- and an average of recent 2020 polls shows Biden leading Trump with Black voters by an 83% to 8%, or 75-point, margin.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/politics/donald-trump-black-empowerment-platinum-plan/index.html
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Trump unveils 'Platinum Plan' for Black Americans (Original Post) spanone Sep 2020 OP
That seems to be a typo genxlib Sep 2020 #1
Its all stuff every other President has been doing as policy since FDR. And Trump wants to ... marble falls Sep 2020 #2
11th hour pandering The Genealogist Sep 2020 #3
he throws antifa right in there with the KKK. where's qanon don? spanone Sep 2020 #4
Inquiring minds want to know.... essaynnc Sep 2020 #5
Wasn't there a poll chriscan64 Sep 2020 #6
Prosecute antifa? subterranean Sep 2020 #7
You know he thinks people's lives are the same as late night commercial shows malaise Sep 2020 #8
"What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?" dalton99a Sep 2020 #9
If trumps wins over a just a few percent of the black vote tman Sep 2020 #10
Why? Kayleigh told us blacks love drumpf. Why pander? Takket Sep 2020 #11
Odd name for the initiative FormerOstrich Sep 2020 #12
This sounds more like RobertMcNamara Sep 2020 #13

genxlib

(5,528 posts)
1. That seems to be a typo
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:50 AM
Sep 2020

I believe it is spelled "P-a-n-d-e-r-i-n-g" Plan.

Be wary of charlatans bearing gifts in the weeks before an election. Where was this for the last 5 years if he really cared.

marble falls

(57,099 posts)
2. Its all stuff every other President has been doing as policy since FDR. And Trump wants to ...
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:00 AM
Sep 2020

toss it like an election promise bone. PoC have to be even more skeptical of the Donnie Two Scoops after that "promise".

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
3. 11th hour pandering
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:21 AM
Sep 2020

Donnie thinks Black people are stupid. They are not. He's told Black people who he is, and they don't want him.

essaynnc

(801 posts)
5. Inquiring minds want to know....
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:27 AM
Sep 2020

Who is that 8% of black Americans that still support tRump, and when will that dwindle to NO % ?????

malaise

(269,026 posts)
8. You know he thinks people's lives are the same as late night commercial shows
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:27 AM
Sep 2020

Dies he think people are that gullible?
Enough of this fucking shit!

tman

(983 posts)
10. If trumps wins over a just a few percent of the black vote
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:33 AM
Sep 2020

it could make all the difference in some key states.

I've been saying it all year, Biden isn't and CAN'T take this vote for granted.

FormerOstrich

(2,702 posts)
12. Odd name for the initiative
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 12:03 PM
Sep 2020

plantium
a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures


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