jason1637 said:
Ya'll are the ones bringing up their race. Yeah the tweet is bad but Trump tweets bad things to people he does not like or people that come after him it's just how he operates. The progressives could have been white and he would have tweeted something nasty too. |
Come on Jason, really do you believe after all this time their race has absolutely nothing to do with that tweet from Trump. He didn't even take the time to check to see who was born and raised in the US compared to coming from some other country and now a part of Congress. Even to the average person they see right through that statement and Race had everything to do with it. Either way, I am not here to convince you because I can tell you have never been on the other side of such comments so you will never understand the history. People of color are use to people like you dismissing such things and ignoring the significance. This is how prejudice continue to be a major player in the US society because you are willing to accept it and turn a blind eye.
You are right, the progressives could have been white and he would have tweeted something nasty but what Trump wouldn't have done is tweeted exactly what he did with this group. This is the context you seem to be missing and tossing aside. This isn't a bunch of white women and so this what if is just that BS. It was this group and he was more than happy to show what he thought of them.
Also continuing to give Trump a pass when he make statements like this is what makes him more bold to continue to do it. Each time everyone become less shocked when he ups the ante on another one of these statements and I wonder just what he has to do to show you who he is before you believe him.