Interesting that @realDonaldTrump deleted this tweet accusing @MikeBloomberg of being a “total racist” and didn’t repost (which he often does if there’s an error he wants to fix)
The dead link is here: twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…
Photo of the tweet 👇
The dead link is here: twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…
Photo of the tweet 👇
And yes, I reposted this because of my own typo in a now-deleted tweet
Background re controversy
And background on the irony of Trump accusing another pol of anti-black racism wapo.st/2w3nVYZ
And as for Trump’s stance on stop and frisk: he was a fan (Bloomberg issued a campaign-season apology for it)
When it comes to base politics, Democrats need to maximize African-American turnout. Trump doesn’t. The more Trump can persuade black voters not to show, the better his chances. Getting black voters to side w/him is even more potent.
Enter Kanye
bit.ly/38eiAfI
Enter Kanye
bit.ly/38eiAfI
No 1 believes Trump will win a majority of African-American voters. But his campaign’s making a concerted effort to reach a segment of them, mainly men (same w/Latinos). His goal is to get double digit African-American support, up from 8% in 2016 exits
Will he succeed? We’ll see
Will he succeed? We’ll see
I didn’t think I’d hear a Democratic presidential candidate in 2020 who said this century that whites are stopped too often by cops and non-whites aren’t stopped enough.
