DONALD TRUMP IS A RACIST
#RacistInChief: Trump Expands Racist Attacks in to a Racist War With Vile Unprovoked Attack on Al Sharpton
President Donald Trump has escalated his racist attacks – which he ramped up starting several weeks ago with lies against four Democratic Congresswomen, all people of color – into attacks on a Black U.S. Congressman, the revered Rep. Elijah Cummings, and followed that up Monday morning with an unprovoked attack on MSNBC host and longtime civil rights activist Al Sharpton.
Trump’s attack on Sharpton expands his assault on people of color into a full-fledged race war.
“I have known Al for 25 years,” Trump tweeted. “Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He “loved Trump!” He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops!”
I have known Al for 25 years. Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He “loved Trump!” He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops! https://t.co/ZwPZa0FWfN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2019
This appears to be the first time Trump has tweeted a Black person, or any person, “Hates Whites.”
But that phrase makes it even more clear President Donald Trump is a white supremacist.
Trump went on to attack Sharpton again, less than an hour later.
Al Sharpton would always ask me to go to his events. He would say, “it’s a personal favor to me.” Seldom, but sometimes, I would go. It was fine. He came to my office in T.T. during the presidential campaign to apologize for the way he was talking about me. Just a conman at work!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2019
Many on social media expressed outrage.
CNN’s Keith Boykin made this salient observation:
Trump speaks on:
Al Sharpton: conman
Elijah Cummings: racist
Ilhan Omar: racist
Maxine Waters: low IQ
John Lewis: all talk
Obama: Kenyan
black countries: shitholes
black athletes: SOBs
Black tenants: unwelcome
Black workers: lazy
Central Park 5: guilty
Nazis: very fine people— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 29, 2019
Trump’s attacks are fueling hashtags like #RacistInChief, #RacistPresident
More:
Here he goes attacking another person of color. How predictable.
No, Rev. Sharpton doesn’t “hate whites and cops.” This is some more racist garbage from a man whose job is to unite Americans, not stoke racial animus for political gain.
Despicable.#RacistInChief https://t.co/JYasA5E7nV— Jacob Baum 🏳️🌈✡️ (@JacobAndrewBaum) July 29, 2019
GOP Grand Wizard Donald Trump has thoughts on Al Sharpton. #RacistInChief https://t.co/sU26ccR4oO
— Chris (@ChristineCSE) July 29, 2019
Trump is deliberately trying to divide us into camps that can’t work together to defeat him; trying to stoke distrust between black people & white people, because that’s what racists do.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 29, 2019
1st he attacks 4 women of color, then Elijah Cummings & this morning he’s attacking Rev Al. Sharpton. Anyone see a pattern? #RacistInChief #RacistPresident #WhereAreTheGOP
— Leslie Stephens (@lelstephens) July 29, 2019
Trump going after Al Sharpton @TheRevAl today with racist tweets is nothing new. Rev Al has been attacked by white supremacists for decades. A few racist Trump tweets won’t bother him. But still I Stand with Al Sharpton and I hope others will as well! pic.twitter.com/ZDJHujjFuF
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 29, 2019
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