Donald Trump Just Posted An Extremely Racist Tweet That The GOP Should (But Probably Won’t) Denounce
This time Donald Trump has out Trumped Donald Trump. Has he gone too far? His supporters never will think so.
Just one day after supporters at a Donald Trump speech in Birmingham, Alabama violently “shoved, tackled, punched & kicked” a Black man wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt who was protesting the GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump offered in their defense his opinion: “maybe he should have been roughed up.â€
“Get him the hell out of here,†Trump can be heard, yelling in the background.
Here’s the video:
A black protester at Trump’s rally today in Alabama was shoved, tackled, punched & kicked: https://t.co/Aq0wuaAtax pic.twitter.com/cTRDMtjuBl
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) November 21, 2015
And minutes ago, Trump sent out this disgusting and false tweet:
“@SeanSean252: @WayneDupreeShow @Rockprincess818 @CheriJacobus pic.twitter.com/5GUwhhtvyN“
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2015
Before anyone thinks of defending this indefensible tweet, first of all, no one seems to be able to find the “Crime Statistics Bureau of San Francisco.” A quick Google search produced no results, and others, including The New Republic‘s Jeet Heer, say it does not seem to exist.
Also, even if it did, why would a “crime statistics bureau” for San Francisco compile stats for the entire country?Â
UPDATE:Â You’ll Never Guess The Origin Of Trump’s Extremely Racist Graphic (Of Course You Will!)
Regardless, the stats are “bogus,” according to Heer at TNR.
“According to the tweet, 81 percent of murdered whites are killed by blacks,” Heer writes. “In fact, that’s the reverse of the truth. Most people are killed by members of their own race because crime is motivated by proximity and opportunity.”
As the Huffington Post notes, “According to the U.S. Department of Justice statistics, 84 percent of white people killed every year are killed by other whites.â€
UPDATE:
Via The LA Times’ Matt Pearce:
This Trump tweet is wrong. Here’s the real, most recently available statistics from the FBI. https://t.co/C1DxJAajL5 pic.twitter.com/YE4HcSBckr
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) November 22, 2015
On Twitter, many are rightly furious:
Is Trump trying to distract us from his fascism with his racism? This is an honest question I’m asking about a presidential candidate.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) November 22, 2015
.@realDonaldTrump is not just a racist. He tweets racist lies. See his tweet. Then see link https://t.co/6oWLCjME4H https://t.co/FNux3YaslU
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) November 22, 2015
@JamilSmith I mean, his fascism is incredibly racist, so it might not matter.
— Its A Wonderful Like (@Hanksingle) November 22, 2015
We’ve seen a @GOP candidate promote policies that are deleterious to black people, but signing off on specific violence against us is rarer.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) November 22, 2015
It is my belief that after these extremely racist 24 hours that @realDonaldTrump has, that he will RISE IN THE POLLS. His base LOVES IT.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 22, 2015
Trump just retweeted the purest, most racist “what about black on black crime” meme possible and will be the nominee for president.
— Alexander Buck (@Itwasmeanttobe9) November 22, 2015
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