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No Mention of 'Birther' Debate as Donald Trump Woos Blacks in South Carolina
NYTimes FirstDraft blog ^ | Feb 15, 2016 | Maggie Haberman

Posted on 02/17/2016 5:07:35 PM PST by Albion Wilde

Donald J. Trump, looking to amass as many votes as possible in the South Carolina primary, is increasingly trying to appeal to the state's black voters. In doing so, he appears to hope that any memory of his 2011 demand to see the birth certificate of the nation's first black president is a distant one...

"You look at African-American youth -- I mean, 58 percent unemployment."

"We have an African-American president and he has not done anything for the African-Americans in this country, and he got a free pass and he shouldn't have," Mr. Trump said...

"You look at African-Americans that are 30 years old, 40 years old, 50 years old. Take a look at their statistics, it's very sad."

Mr. Trump's hopes of appealing to black voters was clear in an ad he began running in the state on Friday... an endorsement from Jamiel Shaw Sr., a black man whose 17-year-old son, Jas, was killed... by an undocumented immigrant.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: africanamerican; blackvote; blackvoter; sc2016; southcarolina; trump
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To: MagnoliaB

To the best of my knowledge, Trump has never denied saying that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/29/donald-trump-blacks-lawsuit_n_855553.html


21 posted on 02/17/2016 5:57:43 PM PST by FreedomForce (A vote for Trump is a vote against the Republic.)
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To: lormand
Donald Chump - America's first Orange President

Thanks for your incisively intelligent and incredibly useful comment.

22 posted on 02/17/2016 6:02:05 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: palmer

I still don’t get what that is all about. Neither you nor the original poster is writing clearly.


23 posted on 02/17/2016 6:05:22 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: lormand

“Donald Chump - America’s first Orange President”

Trump-a-lump-a doopedy doo!


24 posted on 02/17/2016 6:06:37 PM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: FreedomForce

Your comment is useless without a credible source link.


25 posted on 02/17/2016 6:07:05 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: Albion Wilde

The source is John R. O’Donnell, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino. It’s in his book “Trumped.”

This what Trump had to say about O’Donnell:

“Nobody has had worse things written about them than me,” Trump says. “And here I am. The stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true. The guy’s a f***ing loser. A f***ng loser. I brought the guy in to work for me; it turns out he didn’t know that much about what he was doing. I think I met the guy two or three times total. And this guy goes off and writes a book about me, like he knows me!”


26 posted on 02/17/2016 6:12:35 PM PST by FreedomForce (A vote for Trump is a vote against the Republic.)
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To: Albion Wilde

THIS is why he went after Cruz. To look consistent.


27 posted on 02/17/2016 6:32:24 PM PST by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation -- FUJB!!!)
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To: FreedomForce

So someone once said that Trump said.....oh, ok. So you don’t actually have any proof that he ever said it.


28 posted on 02/17/2016 6:53:14 PM PST by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: Albion Wilde

If Trump promised them reparations the Trump cultists here would say “It’s about time we got more inclusive”.


29 posted on 02/17/2016 6:53:15 PM PST by willk (everyone)
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To: Albion Wilde
Trump about to speak in Sumter, SC.

https://youtu.be/4JqDawGnWEs

30 posted on 02/17/2016 6:54:43 PM PST by entropy12 (Who is the ONLY candidate NOT controlled by Goldman Sachs & Robert Mercer? The Donald!!)
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To: Albion Wilde

So Trump is making a play for black voters? O the horror!


31 posted on 02/17/2016 6:55:39 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Carson, Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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To: FreedomForce

Sounds like O’Donnell has some sour grapes to grind.


32 posted on 02/17/2016 7:01:35 PM PST by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Oh, no. Not at all....AAAALLLLLLL the polling says Trump is the worst candidate against Hillary! or Sanders. In fact he loses to the petrified remains of Spuds McKenzie by 10.459 points......


33 posted on 02/17/2016 9:37:30 PM PST by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suckle the breast of Capitalism.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Trump is fishing around for general election votes, but he won’t get them from blacks.

It actually smacks of a little desperation.


34 posted on 02/17/2016 10:05:32 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: sunrise_sunset

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3395279/posts


35 posted on 02/18/2016 6:00:25 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Every Black voter in South Carolina should cast their vote on Saturday in the SC primary for Donald J. Trump!!! Not only have African-American been betrayed, abandoned, deceived and used, not only by POTUS Obama, but, by the CBC, the NAACP & the entire Democrat Party!!!

Truth & Fact: African-Americans are worse off today, seven years into the Obama POTUS term!!! Wise up Black folks....you guys have been used and abused by your very own chosen leaders!!! Vote for DONALD J. TRUMP!!! DJT is proven job producer....across the board. Hillary & Bernie will bring you zilch for jobs and opportunities!! Those two folks have never created one real job in their entire lives!!! Don’t be fooled again!!! GO DONALD TRUMP!!!


36 posted on 02/18/2016 6:13:01 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat Hillary Clinton & totally destroy the entire Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

37 posted on 02/18/2016 6:18:53 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: sunrise_sunset
Harlem pastor Rev. Manning talks about Trump's appeal to black people

African Americans for Donald Trump 2016

African Americans for Donald Trump 2016 - Part 2

38 posted on 02/18/2016 6:31:20 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: Albion Wilde

The Code Pinkos love him too.


39 posted on 02/18/2016 6:32:18 AM PST by beandog (TrumperTantrum)
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To: beandog

Code Pink are cheaters.


40 posted on 02/18/2016 6:40:19 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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