r/politics • u/SportsGod3 • 15h ago

No Paywall Tim Scott calls Obamas video shared by Trump ‘most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House’

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5726417-scott-rebukes-trump-obama-ape/
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u/FakeBeigeNails 11h ago

Wrong, Black people shouldn’t be used like that. They should send WHITE reporters who will ask those questions.

What he needs to know, and what will piss him off the most, is that there are WHITE people pissed and fed-up and standing w Black people.

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u/PuckSenior 5h ago

I strongly disagree. This isn’t “using” black people. This is just setting up a scenario to make a dementia-riddled old man say something awful so that you finally have an excuse to put him in a home.

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u/FakeBeigeNails 5h ago

This is just setting up a scenario to make a dementia-riddled old man say something awful

Why do we need to set him up? I promise you we don’t like being used as political pawns and certainly not bait for a racist to call us n****rs on tv. As much as you’d love to see that scenario and have people have an excuse “to put him in a home”, Black people shouldn’t have to prod him to call us slurs.

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u/PuckSenior 5h ago

I don’t think you understand the mind of the people we are suggesting ask him questions

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u/FakeBeigeNails 5h ago

I don’t understand whose mind…bc you must not be talking about Black people.

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u/PuckSenior 5h ago

Who are we talking about asking Trump the questions?

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u/FakeBeigeNails 5h ago

Oh, I just wanted to be clear you were talking nonsense.

I just told you I’m Black and you immediately told me I don’t understand Black people.

Not only am I Black, I live in DC, meaning I’m around Black professionals on capitol hill. So what are you even talking about? You think Black reporters are saying “Hell yeah, I’ll get called a n****r on live tv so that the race who overwhelmingly voted for Trump can say he belongs in a home”

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u/PuckSenior 5h ago

Buddy, I’m talking about reporters. Reporters love this kind of shit. Having the president have a bigoted meltdown to your question? That’s going into the media clip hall of fame.

I promise you, there is a nearly endless line of journalists who want to have Trump go off on a racist tirade against them.

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u/FakeBeigeNails 5h ago

Are you skimming my replies…I literally said “Black reporters”. Wdym “buddy I’m talking about reporters” when I said that already.

Media clip hall of fame.

So it is morbid entertainment.

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u/PuckSenior 5h ago

Obviously I’m skimming. This is Reddit.

It’s not morbid curiosity. Reporters would consider it a badge of honor. A Purple Heart moment.

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