Is Donald Trump an Unrepentant Racist?

2015-11-30T07:48:57-05:00

Just Sayin'

"In an op-ed published by EBONY magazine on Friday, Christian activists asked pastors who might back Trump to consider the implications of endorsing a candidate who is considered by many to be an unrepentant racist.

“By siding with a presidential candidate whose rhetoric pathologizes Black people, what message are you sending to the world about the Black lives in and outside of your congregations? Which Black lives do you claim to be liberating,” the leaders wrote."

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/trump-campaign-forced-to-cancel-press-conference-with-black-pastors-after-they-shred-him-in-the-press/

Trump campaign forced to cancel press conference with black pastors after they shred him in the...

A press conference scheduled for Monday, where GOP front runner Donald Trump had expected to announce the support of black clergymen, has been cancelled after the pastors blasted the campaign for announcing they would be endorsing him, reports CNN.

Response by Capt Walter Miller made Nov 30 at 2015 7:50 AM

2015-11-30T07:50:01-05:00

Someone who was seriously trying to woo an electorate wouldn't say what Trump says.

Walt

Response by LTC David Brown made Nov 30 at 2015 7:56 AM

2015-11-30T07:56:51-05:00

No, The press is out with pitch forks to skewer Trump. I watched an "Apprentice " show a long time ago. The eventually winner was an incredibly gifted and talented black man with an incredible education. Trump was falling over himself in praising this guy.

Response by PVT Robert Gresham made Nov 30 at 2015 8:35 AM

2015-11-30T08:35:53-05:00

I don't believe that Trump is a racist, Capt Walter Miller. And somehow, against all odds, he manages to land on his feet every time that someone tries to embarrass him. He's held on for about 6 months now, defying all logic. I'm starting to be curious if he can really go all the way......

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 30 at 2015 10:11 AM

2015-11-30T10:11:33-05:00

I think anyone considering the notion that we ought to register people (whether the registration is digital or physical) is not capable of safeguarding all the freedoms of Americans.

If any part of me considered him worthy of the office, that part gave up when that story broke.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 30 at 2015 10:38 AM

2015-11-30T10:38:44-05:00

Is he really? Or does he just want the attention?
I would wager the latter.

Response by Cpl Jeff N. made Nov 30 at 2015 11:32 AM

2015-11-30T11:32:45-05:00

Trump, like him or not, resonates because he (and Carson/Fiorini) do not subscribe to the normal political candidate process. They are not focus grouping what they say in well rehearsed sound bites of teleprompters and then have apologies already written should they offend some special snowflake.

I am not a supporter of his but I think his candid, no holds barred, direct language has caused many to talk about things they would rather not talk about.

People that want to label him a racist or other things are simple the special snowflakes that cannot stand to hear anything not predigested for them by a politician or media establishment personage. He has likely worked with, hired, developed, promoted and provided more opportunity for minorities than most of the loud mouths running him down. Yes Walt, that includes you too.

Response by SGT William Howell made Nov 30 at 2015 11:40 AM

2015-11-30T11:40:54-05:00

Capt Walter Miller Trump is NOT a racist! He thinks he is better than everybody. That makes him a supremacist.

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Nov 30 at 2015 11:49 AM

2015-11-30T11:49:29-05:00

Trump is an unapologetic opportunist blowhard. If you're on his "good" side, great, if not, he'll make fun of you, and when you return the favor he wants to use lawyers to shut you up. I have no respect for the man, other than me laughing at his supporters who really feel he's the "savior" America needs. He did some good (very little) by exposing more seasoned candidate's for the fakes they were, but in his case, he became what he claimed them to be. I'm still waiting for him to give a meaningful policy that is workable and enforceable. Nothing he's said so far meets that requirement from me. ALL of the others have said something policy related that could work (depending on who you follow), and they're all debatable. Building a wall, a GREAT wall, or invoking Operation Wetback again is NOT something that is remotely feasible nor something that any American with ONE brain cell would believe would work. Note he won't bring either of them back up in a debate forum. That would be like candy to Carson who barely speaks loud enough for a dog to hear, and "low energy" Jeb Bush to eat up.

Response by Capt Walter Miller made Nov 30 at 2015 7:30 PM

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Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Nov 30 at 2015 8:11 PM

2015-11-30T20:11:09-05:00

Don't know. I can't crawl inside his Brain (Thank God has to be a Gross Place). I don't know if he is a Racist or just pretending to be one to Cater to the "White Male Christian Power Base" that Bill O'Reilly Loves. I have seen an Old New York Newspaper Clipping that Had his Dad Arrested at some KKK thing. My guess, he will say whatever is necessary to Impress those he wants to impress and in his Presidential Bid it seems to be Fox Watching Christian White Males.

Response by SFC Joseph Weber made Dec 1 at 2015 3:14 AM

2015-12-01T03:14:32-05:00

I think so.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jun 19 at 2016 4:29 PM

2016-06-19T16:29:44-04:00

Anyone who saw my response to this question, please come back. I've changed it. I've decided to come clean and answer honestly. No, Trump is not a racist. Not even close. Sure he sounds like one at times, but we all say things that can be misinterpreted it. Now don't stop there. I know you're tempted, but read on before you vent your spleen...

I know what a racist looks like. I grew up among them in the American South. I was surrounded by them. I was immersed in them. And, until about the age of six when I figured out that my father was bat guano crazy, I might have succumbed and been one myself. Fortunately, my father was so overboard in his discrimination, I decided that I didn't want to be anything like him. I have spent the better part of my life contemplating how he might have reacted in any situation and done the opposite. To be honest, it's been an exhausting life.

Those who have been the target of racial discrimination may count themselves as experts on the subject, but I fear that circumstances have over sensitized them to racial prejudice. They see it everywhere. Hell, I've often been accused of being a racist when, in fact, I not only eschew racism, but also attack bigots at every opportunity.

Thus, if Donald Trump were actually such a bigot, I'd be all up in his face, attacking him at every turn. But that's not the case. Think about it. Trump was never accused of being a racist or a misogynist or any other vile thing until he came a threat to the progressive left agenda to have Hillary or one of the other Leftist candidates elected. Suddenly, he's everything vile. And they're taking hearsay evidence, and radically misinterpreted comments, and comment taken out of context to accuse him of every vile thing.

No, Donald Trump is not a racist. He's an actor, one who has given voice to the anger in America. I'm not to pleased to have him as the alternative to Hillary but if you don't want a racist in the White House, Trump is your candidate. Elect Hillary and you'll find out what a real racist really is...

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 19 at 2016 7:57 PM

2016-06-19T19:57:53-04:00

Unfortunately, we are forced to live in a failed two-party system. In November we will be faced with the difficult choice between the bloviating donald trump or scandalous hillary clinton.

Who will you choose? And if your choice helps get hillary elected, how could you live with yourself?