CNN: everyone who voted for trump, sides with the Klan

[Jim in CT]

Don Lemon:

“I am never on the side of the Klan.”

Someone remind me, in which party did Robert Byrd ( admitted, well known Klansman) serve in the US Senate for 51 years? Biden said Byrd was his “friend” and “mentor”. But that’s ok.

Meanwhile, Trump, for all his faults, did more for American blacks than any president in my lifetime, no one even comes close.

[Pete F.]

Tell us more

[PaulS]

TRUMP, on the economy before the pandemic: “We had the best numbers for African Americans on employment and unemployment in history ... best everything.” — Fox News interview Wednesday


THE FACTS: True on unemployment. Not true by a long shot on “everything” in the economy.


Black unemployment reached a record low during the Trump administration, 5.4% in August, as the longest economic expansion in history pressed ahead.


Most of the progress came when Barack Obama was president: Black unemployment dropped from a recession high of 16.8% in March 2010 to 7.8% in January 2017. Improvement continued under Trump until the pandemic. Black unemployment reached 16.8% in May, compared with 13.3% for the overall population.


Not all economic measures improved for African Americans under Trump before the pandemic. A black household earned median income of $41,361 in 2018, the latest data available. That’s below a 2000 peak of $43,380, according to the Census Bureau.


More broadly, there were multiple signs before the pandemic that the racial wealth gap had been worsening.

[Pete F.]

Well, some people can say what Robert Byrd did: "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized for a thousand times ... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened."

And some can't

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by PaulS

TRUMP, on the economy before the pandemic: “We had the best numbers for African Americans on employment and unemployment in history ... best everything.” — Fox News interview Wednesday


THE FACTS: True on unemployment. Not true by a long shot on “everything” in the economy.


Black unemployment reached a record low during the Trump administration, 5.4% in August, as the longest economic expansion in history pressed ahead.


Most of the progress came when Barack Obama was president: Black unemployment dropped from a recession high of 16.8% in March 2010 to 7.8% in January 2017. Improvement continued under Trump until the pandemic. Black unemployment reached 16.8% in May, compared with 13.3% for the overall population.


Not all economic measures improved for African Americans under Trump before the pandemic. A black household earned median income of $41,361 in 2018, the latest data available. That’s below a 2000 peak of $43,380, according to the Census Bureau.


More broadly, there were multiple signs before the pandemic that the racial wealth gap had been worsening.

What! Wait how can that be, Jim keeps telling us Trump is the best thing for blacks since Lincoln?

I love Don Jr. getting sh*t on Twitter for his 2026 tweet saying Dear Clinton’s you know what’s deplorable, getting impeached. Twice the fun back at you!

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

I love Don Jr. getting sh*t on Twitter for his 2026 tweet

Twice the fun back at you!

Peg hid the glasses again didn’t she?
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[spence]

You're talking about the 1940's Jim, he later said it was the worst decision he'd ever made in his life. Are you going to spend the next 4 years twisting yourself into a pretzel to discredit Biden. Not that you have any history here

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Peg hid the glasses again didn’t she?
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I feel for you, does your comprehension fail routinely, sorry I didn’t reach for my glasses; I understand simple things are hard to grasp for you.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Are you going to spend the next 4 years twisting yourself into a pretzel to discredit Biden.

Spence is right Jim...why do you want to be like democrats?
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by PaulS

TRUMP, on the economy before the pandemic: “We had the best numbers for African Americans on employment and unemployment in history ... best everything.” — Fox News interview Wednesday


THE FACTS: True on unemployment. Not true by a long shot on “everything” in the economy.


Black unemployment reached a record low during the Trump administration, 5.4% in August, as the longest economic expansion in history pressed ahead.


Most of the progress came when Barack Obama was president: Black unemployment dropped from a recession high of 16.8% in March 2010 to 7.8% in January 2017. Improvement continued under Trump until the pandemic. Black unemployment reached 16.8% in May, compared with 13.3% for the overall population.

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So you are giving Obama credit for the unemployment rate returning to normal levels after a recession?
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[PaulS]

I'm giving him credit for cleaning up the mess a Republican left him. Who says history doesn't repeat itself.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

You're talking about the 1940's Jim, he later said it was the worst decision he'd ever made in his life. Are you going to spend the next 4 years twisting yourself into a pretzel to discredit Biden. Not that you have any history here

fair enough.

as an obvious sign of how he had changed his ways, here, Byrd used the n-word in an interview. not a hot
mic situation, this was an interview. in 2004. clearly he was a new man, right spence?

remind me, how many prominent klansmen have been elected to congress in the gop since then, and were they revered and embraced?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews...ry%3fid=121733

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[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

fair enough.

as an obvious sign of how he had changed his ways, here, Byrd used the n-word in an interview. not a hot
mic situation, this was an interview. in 2004. clearly he was a new man, right spence?
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I’m sure the phrase white n* was very common for most of his life and it looks like he was using it for impact. Not politically wise but doesn’t cancel him either. Seems like he managed to become a pretty successful politician despite his past.
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[scottw]

^^^^EMBARRASSING

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

I’m sure the phrase white n* was very common for most of his life and it looks like he was using it for impact. Not politically wise but doesn’t cancel him either. Seems like he managed to become a pretty successful politician despite his past.
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“h was using it for impact.”

every spoken word, is used for impact.

good god man.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

I’m sure the phrase white n* was very common for most of his life
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so using that logic, if trumps
speech at the capital only used language he grew up with, that would then be ok?

that’s a pathetic argument, even for you.

he’s a democrat, therefore above criticism.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

“h was using it for impact.”

every spoken word, is used for impact.

good god man.
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He specifically called it out.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

so using that logic, if trumps
speech at the capital only used language he grew up with, that would then be ok?

that’s a pathetic argument, even for you.

he’s a democrat, therefore above criticism.
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Just my observation. I don’t think it’s an acceptable thing to say, wasn’t raised with it either, but I know a lot of people who were and they’re much more likely to use the word than most. A politician saying the same thing today would get nuked.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Just my observation. I don’t think it’s an acceptable thing to say, wasn’t raised with it either, but I know a lot of people who were and they’re much more likely to use the word than most. A politician saying the same thing today would get nuked.
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a republican saying it in 2004, would
also have been nuked ( justifiably). that’s the point.


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[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

a republican saying it in 2004, would
also have been nuked ( justifiably). that’s the point.


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He did get called out for by his own party and apologized.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

He did get called out for by his own party and apologized.
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and all any democrat has to do, is apologize. you’d never offer that forgiveness to a republican.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

and all any democrat has to do, is apologize. you’d never offer that forgiveness to a republican.
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If I believe them sure I would. Regardless your whole point here is to somehow tarnish Biden and it’s not working.
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

tarnish Biden


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that's funny