Donald Trump is proving heā€™s racist and stupid with his latest post.

In a Truth Social post Thursday morning, Donald Trump appeared to suggest, again, thatĀ presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris isnā€™t really Black, ramping up his identity-based attacks to the horror of those in his party who consider racism a losing electoral strategy.

Earlier in the week, many GOP strategists, including in the Trump camp,Ā worriedĀ that attacks on Harrisā€™s race and genderā€”which seemed all but inevitable considering Trumpā€™s history of racism and misogynyā€”would pose a serious liability for the campaign. ā€œWe hope he doesnā€™t act like a crazy racist and sexist person, but we canā€™t control him,ā€ a source close to the campaignĀ toldĀ The Washington Post.

These hopes were quickly dashed in the course of Trumpā€™s interview with the National Association of Black Journalists Wednesday afternoon, in which the candidateĀ claimedĀ that, for years, Vice President Kamala Harris ā€œwas Indian all the way, and then suddenly she made a turn and she became a Black person.ā€

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yet youā€™re here commenting on Trump news, posting what you think heā€™s like, and you have an interest in the Democrats winning.

    I guess it doesnā€™t matter much one way or another on Lemmy (we wonā€™t find many Trump enthusiasts to argue wtih here), but I feel that critcism of him can be much stronger if you look into his history instead of willingly ignoring it, and see what heā€™s like.

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      3 months ago

      What does that have to do with anything? You are commenting on how much we should respect him. I donā€™t think we should. For any reason. He isnā€™t against me. I donā€™t need to respect a goddamn thing about him. And those that do are mentally ill.

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        3 months ago

        Not respect, understand.

        Iā€™m a firm believer that we should make every attempt to understand what we hate.

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          3 months ago

          What are you on about? I donā€™t need to understand stupidity. It shouldnā€™t be put on a pedestal to examine. When people say racist shit, it ainā€™t a strength. When they convince people to follow they arenā€™t wise. They are a predator being a piece of shit.