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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the Atlantic:

Context matters. From another person, at another time, observing that Sergeant La David Johnson “knew what he signed up for” by joining the Army wouldn’t have sparked outrage. But consider what else Representative Frederica Wilson—with the backing of Johnson’s mother—has alleged: that Trump didn’t know Johnson’s name; he repeatedly called him “your guy.” [b]And that Trump’s tone was oddly jovial: “He was almost, like, joking.”[/b]

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/why-trump-cant-handle-the-cost-of-war/543492/[/quote]

Wilson knows that this subject is not one to joke about. When she was laughing and smiling about becoming a "rock star," you could tell she was doing it in a really serious way. [/quote]

WTF?[/quote]

But just so we're clear: Trump and his supporters are totally, totally not racists. This family being black, this member of Congress being black, that has utterly nothing to do with any of this. In fact, anyone who notices that the family is black, and that it is often black people who are abused by Trump and his supporters, is *themselves* the racist. See now?[/quote]

Are you saying the call was bungled because the Marine and his widow were black?[/quote]

NP here and I can totally believe that Trump had a different reaction to speaking to this family because they are black.  I see it based on his past behavior. He is a 71 year old grandpa from a generation that had deeply held beliefs of white superiority (father a KKK member), had reportedly made racist remarks in the past ("I don't want black people counting my money" -- in his casino), his company was caught carrying on racist practice of keeping out black tenants, "look at my African-American over there," etc. etc. And an elderly, inflexible guy isn't going to change his tune now - heck, he's never shown an ability to change his tune.  He's got one of the whitest cabinets in decades.  He strongly doubt he feels comfortable around black people, or I should say blacks from certain communities (ie not the rich and the famous) and I can see him fumbling the call because of that.[/quote]

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