Posted on 09/28/2017 1:48:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) on Wednesday harshly criticized Donald Trump, writing a letter to express his “utter disgust” with how the president has handled race relations in the United States.
In an acerbic letter to Trump, Richmond—who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)—slammed the president’s attack on NFL players, his “use of profane, sexually derogatory language in addressing American citizens” and his employment of “racist dog whistles” in everyday speech.
“I write today to express my utter disgust with your handling of race relations in America in general and, more specifically, your calculated, divisive response to nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice by professional football players, owners, coaches, and countless other patriots,” Richmond wrote.
“African Americans are just as patriotic as any other American,” he continued, noting they have “fought in every war from the American Revolution to Iraq and Afghanistan, only to come home to a country that has yet to reconcile deep-seated issues of race, inequality, and injustice.”
Without mentioning Trump’s speech last week, where the president called protesting NFL players “sons of b*tches,” Richmond slammed the president for his “use of profane, sexually derogatory language in addressing American citizens,” arguing that speech “is unbecoming of the office you now hold.”
“Moreover, your complete lack of understanding of or empathy for the very painful history and substantive policy concerns that move people like Colin Kaepernick to take a stand, or a knee, in the first place is a reminder of all the African American community has to lose under your Administration,” Richmond added.
The CBC chairman went on to list a multitude of problems facing the black community in the United States, including “criminal justice system, racial profiling, and police brutality, among many other issues.” Pointing specifically to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Richmond accused Trump’s Justice Department of “[initiating] a second failed war on drugs that will wreck the Black community, an over-policed population, and only exacerbate our nation’s shameful mass incarceration problem.”
“You personally add insult to injury with the racist dog whistles you employ, such as calling for ‘law and order’ in underserved, neglected communities across America while concurrently encouraging police brutality,” Richmond wrote. “The actions taken by you and your Administration in the short time you have been in office have already caused serious harm to our constituents and the vulnerable communities for whom we speak.”
“Almost everything you have done and said on the topic of race or on issues that implicate race demonstrate a shocking lack of knowledge for an adult public official in the 21st century,” he added.
Read the full letter here.
Is not the same group that did not wish to hear from Trump in person?? Wow, some people really have some gonads.
“Race relations” to the CBC means “white people constantly kissing black peoples’ asses”.
Gee, I wonder if black behavior is in anyway related here?
OMG, OMG someone thinks that the Congressional Black Caucus disagreeing and opposing Trump is news.
Only black dogs can hear them?
What did the CWC say in response?
Oh, that’s right, that would be racist.
It doesn’t exist.
perzactly.
Well, he's right to be utterly disgusted with how the president handled race relations in the United States. The trouble is, he has the wrong president.
If Obama had had the courage to explain that Trevon Martin and Michael Brown were thugs and that they died because they attacked men who had guns, things would probably be a lot better.
This is the same moron who said Kellyanne Conway is comfortable on her knees.
After days of pressure, the idiot finally apologized.
Hey Cedric: Your black...get used to it.
Not my problem.
This is the same smart-assed prick who made a lewd joke about Kelly Ann Conway.
CBC is a racist organization by nature, so F* all of them, right in the p@ssy.
Same group that twice refused a Trump request for a meeting.
Does this pile of dog whistles represent the best that a seriously divisive identity politics elected criminal can come up with?
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