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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 12:49 PM Dec 2016

Trump Praises African-Americans Who Didnt Vote

December 16, 2016 By Taegan Goddard

“Donald Trump’s barnstorming tour across the states that won him the White House continues to feature far more taunts of triumph than notes of healing after a bruising election,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

“Thursday’s rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, found the president-elect calling for the mostly white crowd to cheer for African-Americans who were ‘smart’ to heed his message and therefore ‘didn’t come out to vote’ for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.”

Said Trump: “That was the big thing, so thank you to the African-American community.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/12/16/trump-praises-african-americans-didnt-vote/

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Trump Praises African-Americans Who Didnt Vote (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
More like "who *couldn't* vote" . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #1
Taunting worked for him in the campaign. HassleCat Dec 2016 #2
that video should be broadcast in every African-American home for the next four years nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #3
He Should Have Thanked Killer Mike otohara Dec 2016 #4
 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
4. He Should Have Thanked Killer Mike
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 01:05 PM
Dec 2016

in Mike's home state of Mississippi - black vote was down 40% because "lack of enthusiasm" lowest turnout in two decades.

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