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brooklynite

(94,585 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 12:56 PM Aug 2016

G.O.P. Urges Donald Trump to Broaden Outreach to Black Voters

Source: The New York Times

When Donald J. Trump went to Detroit last week to deliver a speech on his economic proposals, he laid the chronic problems of the heavily black city at the feet of his opponents, saying Democrats had a stranglehold on power, “and unless we change policies, we will not change results.”

But Mr. Trump had no firsthand encounter with the very difficulties he described: He flew into the city on his private plane, got into his sport utility vehicle and motorcaded on highways past several black neighborhoods before reaching the downtown convention center where he addressed the heavily white Detroit Economic Club.

Then he left without taking questions about the decline and nascent recovery of the country’s automotive capital, a hub of black America.

In attempting to fashion a populist message, Mr. Trump has criticized Democrats for doing little to address urban joblessness and despair. But in the more than a year since he began his White House bid, the Republican nominee has not held a single event aimed at black voters in their communities, shunning the traditional stops at African-American churches, historically black colleges and barber shops and salons that have long been staples of the presidential campaign trail.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/us/politics/donald-trump-black-voters.html?_r=0



"The best fried chicken is made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Blacks!"


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G.O.P. Urges Donald Trump to Broaden Outreach to Black Voters (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2016 OP
Lol! Why did J.C Watts "retire" again? Has the GOP learned anything since? NWCorona Aug 2016 #1
Yeah, that'll work... catbyte Aug 2016 #2
LOL!!! oswaldactedalone Aug 2016 #3
Is he going to eat some " soulfood" and say 'I love the blacks'? SummerSnow Aug 2016 #4
The GOP has a sense of humor... sarae Aug 2016 #5
Can't wait to see it sofa king Aug 2016 #6
The GOP cracks me up every time it uses the term OUT-reach. Hortensis Aug 2016 #7
Remember when I said blacks are lazy? louis-t Aug 2016 #8
Oh boy uppityperson Aug 2016 #9
Is the GOP really looking for "Outreach" Friend or Foe Aug 2016 #10
Is this the Onion? CanonRay Aug 2016 #11
Lolololololololololol angrychair Aug 2016 #12
"Whazzup, my n*ggaz!" Rocknrule Aug 2016 #13
Did someone mention chicken? Billionaire in an SUV limousine? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #14
Too.Fucking.Late titaniumsalute Aug 2016 #15
"Outreach to black voters." Is that GOP code for voter suppression? tclambert Aug 2016 #16

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. The GOP cracks me up every time it uses the term OUT-reach.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 01:15 PM
Aug 2016

Talk about hypocrisy, and cluelessness. Someday that fake, limpid gesture's going to get grabbed and yanked and "OUT" conservatives are going to march in over their deposed bodies.

angrychair

(8,699 posts)
12. Lolololololololololol
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:57 PM
Aug 2016

What? Oh, sorry, didn't realize you were serious....

LOLOLOLOOLOLOLLOLOOOOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)
13. "Whazzup, my n*ggaz!"
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:59 PM
Aug 2016

"C'mon, it ain't like Trumpdawg don't got brothas votin' for his orange...I mean black ass! Don't be hatin'! Get down with the Donald, yo!"

Even though that was I feel dirty writing it. Because I can actually picture him saying it.

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