Current Events > Trump Says Criminal Indictments Are The Reason 'Black People Like Me'

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"Black people are criminals, right? Surely me also being a criminal gives us common ground."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-indictments-black-people_n_65d9f49ee4b0cc1f2f7bdc6d

COLUMBIA, S.C. Donald Trump said on the eve of South Carolinas GOP presidential primary that his criminal indictments he faces 91 charges across multiple cases are boosting his appeal with Black voters.

Addressing the Black Conservative Federations Honors Gala on Friday evening, the former president brushed off the federal and state charges he faces over his efforts to overturn an election he lost and his handling of classified information, dismissing them yet again as politically motivated.

I got indicted for nothing for something that is nothing, Trump said to applause.

And a lot of people said that thats why the Black people like me, because theyve been hurt so badly and discriminated against. And they actually viewed me as Im being discriminated against. Its been pretty amazing. Possibly maybe theres something there, he added.

Trump who has a long history of racism, pushed a racist conspiracy theory against the nations first Black president, and sought to throw out millions of votes in predominantly Black areas amid the 2020 presidential election went on to praise the efforts of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

We share the dream of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He was great, Trump told the audience of Black conservatives in Columbia.

Every time the radical-left Democrats, Marxists, communists and fascists indict me, I consider it a great, great badge of honor. Because Im being indicted for you, the American people. Im being indicted for you, the Black population. Im being indicted for a lot of different groups by sick people.

Democrats slammed Trump over his comments, saying that he peddled racist tropes that mocked Black voters.

This might come as news to Trump, but pushing tired tropes, wannabe Jordans, and mugshot t-shirts isnt going to win over Black voters who suffered through record high unemployment and skyrocketing uninsured rates under his leadership, Democratic National Committee spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said in a statement, referring to products promoted by Trump.

Trump is showing Black voters exactly what he thinks of them and his ideas to win them over are as corny and racist as he is.

Earlier in the day, Trump held a raucous rally in nearby Rock Hill that was attended by thousands of predominantly white supporters. The 2024 presidential candidates pitch at that event was similar, though he invoked a different historical figure when speaking about his many criminal indictments.

Ive been indicted more than Alphonse Capone, Trump boasted at the rally, referring to the notorious Chicago gangster of the Prohibition era. If I fly over a blue state, the next day I get a federal grand jury.

He added: They indicted me on bullshit. Its all bullshit.

The Rock Hill event was attended by South Carolinas governor as well as several members of the states congressional delegation, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who is the lone Black Republican in the Senate. Trump heaped praise on Scott, who dropped out of the 2024 GOP race last year and endorsed him.

Scott, Trump said, is a better representative for me than he is for himself, prompting a standing ovation for the senator, who is in the mix as a possible Trump vice presidential nominee.

Attendees of the event in Rock Hill said that they werent bothered by the former presidents criminal indictments, echoing his remarks about being politically persecuted.

I dont see how the countrys that stupid that theyre going to let this continue on when you have a victimless crime. Come on. How stupid is that? said Mike Kane, a 66-year-old retiree from the South Carolina city. The public is going to eventually come on, were not that stupid. They spin everything the opposite in the press.

Is he a perfect guy? Of course not, added Doug Smith, a 53-year-old postal worker from Rock Hill. Has he done something wrong? I dont know. Im not a legal scholar. But I just feel like he cares about the average person.

Oh helllllllllllll no.

"You got indicted? I got indicted! We're practically brothers now!"

HylianFox posted...

I got indicted for nothing for something that is nothing, Trump said to applause.

And a lot of people said that thats why the Black people like me, because theyve been hurt so badly and discriminated against. And they actually viewed me as Im being discriminated against."

This is why he said that. You're the one turning it into a "black people must be criminals" thing.

HylianFox posted...

victimless crime.

Of which slander, sexual assault, and fraud are not. The middle one is explicitly a physical act.

HylianFox posted...

I just feel like he cares about the average person

Lol.

Billyionaire posted...

This is why he said that. You're the one turning it into a "black people must be criminals" thing.

Uh his party is literally the most prominent one unfairly punishing black people right now.

Billyionaire posted...

This is why he said that. You're the one turning it into a "black people must be criminals" thing.

The important thing here is to agree that regardless, Trump is a tone deaf racist fucking idiot

HylianFox posted...

Has he done something wrong? I dont know. Im not a legal scholar. But I just feel like he cares about the average person.

But, but, but, I thoughts facts don't care about...something. Can't recall what. hmm...

Billyionaire posted...

This is why he said that. You're the one turning it into a "black people must be criminals" thing.

I don't believe in giving Republicans the benefit of the doubt. He said what he said, and we know why he said it.

Billyionaire posted...

This is why he said that. You're the one turning it into a "black people must be criminals" thing.

Keep up that holstering, bud. Sooner or later you'll learn that the fat fuck doesn't love you.

Christ almighty

How long until he drops a hard R.

ClayGuida posted...

How long until he drops a hard R.

Probaly his inauguration

ClayGuida posted...

How long until he drops a hard R.

How many votes would he lose? Or would they go through the whole " He didn't say that" to "He did but who cares" rigamarole?

Both guys thinking they're catering to black voters.

If you don't vote for me pal you ain't black.

Me being a criminal is why blacks like me.

Oof.

HylianFox posted...

Is he a perfect guy? Of course not, added Doug Smith, a 53-year-old postal worker from Rock Hill. Has he done something wrong? I dont know. Im not a legal scholar. But I just feel like he cares about the average person.

HA

Black people love sneakers mirite

Biden to Trump: You aint black

Billyionaire posted...

This is why he said that. You're the one turning it into a "black people must be criminals" thing.

Maybe not exactly the OPs sentiment. As a white multi-millionaire man-baby who was born with a silver spoon in my mouth but who was charged with crimes that dont matter because I said so, I feel like I understand the discrimination black people have to deal with, isnt a big step-up from that though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFUdVbMgu0

Lol, just the other day I was talking about how Jesse Watters said black people would be able to identify with him now that he's been indicted.

I'd like to say it's hard to believe the fool (Trump) actually said it himself, however he probably remembered Watters saying it and thought it was some factual statement.

I don't even see how this message could be appealing to black conservatives as they assuredly don't view themselves as criminals and it's certainly not garnering support from non-conservative blacks regardless of their criminal history.

Irony posted...
Black people love sneakers mirite

We're likely to get this gem from him in the upcoming week.

Most of the crowd was actually white BTW.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/96d6def9.jpg

he himself harms black people. He has been doing it for decades. From housing discrimination to trying to call for black kids already proven innocent in a nyc murder case to be executed anyway. He put out an ad in the new york times to execute black teenage boys who were eventually found innocent of a murder in Central Park. I think after they had been found innocent

ah so facing all those charges was a campaign strategy all along, 4-d chess

Go fuck yourself Trump.

The funny thing about that is some black people agree with all that shit he said at that conference.

I can't say what I want to say how I want to say it so I'll just say we don't like this... dude.

There should be a laughing/facepalm emoji for shit like this.

Man that was surreal to read , people who vote for this dude can go fuck off forever, fucking clown show.

You know, we've been dealing with this clown for close to a decade now, and he still manages to shock me with how blatantly stupid and ridiculous he is

Tastes like racist spirit.

Now if he could be more like cobain in a physical sense.

Have sex with Courtney Love?

Billyionaire posted...

This is why he said that. You're the one turning it into a "black people must be criminals" thing.

You keep surprising me by getting worse with every post.

DragulaRULEZ posted...

Have sex with Courtney Love?

Had both grown up poor and in the same trailer park this probably would have happened.

DragulaRULEZ posted...

Most of the crowd was actually white BTW.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/96d6def9.jpg

Yeah, but thanks to the bright lights, Trump could only make out the blacks.

black people don't love trump at all, they vote against him in larger numbers than any other racial group and his constant racist talking points and political actions aren't going to change that for him