TPreston Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 For several weeks, Donald Trump has worked from a curious assumption: the way to appeal to African Americans is to tell them their lives are miserable and their communities are in ruin. Black voters, the argument goes, will hear this, believe him, overlook his troubled history on race, and support his campaign. There’s literally no evidence Trump’s plan is working, and his ad-libs on the stump tend to make things worse. Quote Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his rhetoric on the state of America’s minority communities, telling a [North Carolina] crowd that “places like Afghanistan are safer” than some U.S. inner cities. “We’re going to rebuild our inner cities because our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape that they’ve ever been in before. Ever, ever, ever,” Trump assessed. His arguments about crime and Afghanistan are wrong, but those are just garden-variety factual errors for Trump. It’s his historical claims that are more alarming. Not to put too fine a point on this, but for Trump to believe African-American communities are “in the worst shape that they’ve ever been” – “ever, ever, ever” – he’d have to overlook practically all of American history. One need not be a scholar to be familiar with generations of slavery, discrimination, state-sanctioned bigotry, red-lining, lynchings, segregation, and Jim Crow laws. When reporters sought clarification from the Trump campaign as to what in the world the Republican candidate was talking about, aides didn’t respond. Some claims, evidently, can’t be spun. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-african-americans-the-worst-shape-ever-ever-ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted September 22, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted September 22, 2016 Trump: Our country is very divided and it's getting worse WHITES ARE ‘DEVILS’ Race becomes touchstone for angry Charlotte rioters How about posting some truth. TPreston, Draconian Guppy, DocM and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy oltman Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Not according to the facts: 77 straight months of private sector job growth, higher than any other American president in history. Higher yearly GDP growth in each year of his administration compared to Bush's respective numbers. Insuring 40 million Americans who were previously disqualified from having private health insurance. Record high stock market indices across the board. First median wage increase in over 20 years. TPreston, +Zagadka and ctebah 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) 20 hours ago, wendy oltman said: Not according to the facts: 77 straight months of private sector job growth, higher than any other American president in history. At McDonalds, Burger King, Culvers and other low wage service jobs. Quote Higher yearly GDP growth in each year of his administration compared to Bush's respective numbers. Artificially inflated by stock prices, another real estate bubble complete with expanding sub-prime loans, sub-prime auto loans etc. Quote Insuring 40 million Americans who were previously disqualified from having private health insurance. 20 million per HHS, http://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/03/20-million-people-have-gained-health-insurance-coverage-because-affordable-care-act-new-estimates and shrinking because people cannot afford Obamacares skyrocketing premiums for insurance with such high copays it's not worth having. Not to mention the exchanges are going bankrupt, and the insurance companies are bailing out of them. Quote Record high stock market indices across the board. An artificial stock bubble because of low bond return rates, fuelled by low or negative prime interest rates. Nowhere else to go but stocks or metals. Quote First median wage increase in over 20 years. No. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/09/13/us-household-income-rises-2015/90302206/ Quote > The U.S. median household income rose 5.2% to $56,516, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. > However, the income of the typical U.S. home still hasn't managed to rise above where it was before the last recession. In 2007, median household income — the point at which half would make more, while the other half would make less — was $57,423, adjusted for inflation. And incomes peaked in 1999 at $57,909, also adjusted for inflation, the bureau says in its report, "Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015." > +Gary7 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 especially Oprah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted September 24, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted September 24, 2016 Given that chart, that Clinton guy was ######## fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) On 9/24/2016 at 1:03 AM, Zagadka said: Given that chart, that Clinton guy was ######## fabulous. That and/or the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted September 27, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted September 27, 2016 Clinton supporter cannot tell fact from fiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakjak Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 16 minutes ago, Gary7 said: Clinton supporter cannot tell fact from fiction Neither can trump apparently, telling mostly lies all night last night. +Raze, Jim K and SecretAgentMan 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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