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Oaklanders angry at Trump's accusation of 'violent' Oakland
San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com ^ | Sep. 29, 2020 Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 8:16 p.m. | By Amy Graff, SFGATE

Posted on 09/29/2020 10:11:39 PM PDT by thecodont

President Donald Trump has made disparaging remarks about Oakland many times, and he did it again in the Tuesday night debate with former Vice President Joe Biden.

Fox News' Chris Wallace, who moderated the debate, asked the president about his frequent assertion that cities with Democratic leadership are more violent than Republican-run ones. When Wallace said Republican-controlled cities show similar trends of violent crime, Trump launched into a stream-of-consciousness response that, at one point, included an assertion that Oakland was "more violent" under President Barack Obama and asked where law and order was under the Obama-Biden watch.

"Look at Oakland, look what happened in Baltimore, look what happened, frankly it was more violent than what I am even seeing now," the president said.

"Oh, my god," Biden said.

"The reason is the Democrats in the cities," Trump went on.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2020debates; 2020election; amygraff; baltimore; california; election2020; ghetto; landslide; maryland; notherethere; oaktown; trumplandslide
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1 posted on 09/29/2020 10:11:39 PM PDT by thecodont
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Sorry Oakland, you’re not known as a friendly place. Deal with it!


2 posted on 09/29/2020 10:13:36 PM PDT by datura
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To: thecodont

Crap he’ll never win California now.


3 posted on 09/29/2020 10:14:16 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: thecodont

Truth hurts.


4 posted on 09/29/2020 10:14:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Pfffffttt. Oakland IS violent. It’s a beautiful town with a rich history, but some parts are dangerous, and ugly, and in a state of decay. So much potential and such inept leadership.

Trump points out the obvious and the Dems are in a tizzy over it.

Lots of violence from BLM and Antifa thugs.

Get out the plywood.


5 posted on 09/29/2020 10:14:41 PM PDT by thecodont
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I often joke about this and it actually is really funny

Oakland is at least as far left as Portland but there’s really not that many riots or people hurt or angry people and what’s the reason why?

The weather

Plain and simple it’s always 75° super pleasant here with no humidity - how can you really get angry in that weather?


6 posted on 09/29/2020 10:15:00 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again)
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To: thecodont

Libby Schaaf makes Ted Wheeler look like a moderate - so consider the source.


7 posted on 09/29/2020 10:15:23 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Yeah sure, people suffering from crime and violence are all mad at Trump realizing that they are suffering from crime. They like it when politicians are blind to their plight. /s


8 posted on 09/29/2020 10:15:34 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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Did they riot?


9 posted on 09/29/2020 10:15:39 PM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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I live near Oakland.
Never go there, never get off the freeway there.
Used to be only the flatlands were the ‘no go’ zone.
Now it’s most of Alameda County.
Everyone in the Bay Area knows this.


10 posted on 09/29/2020 10:16:00 PM PDT by glasseye (Do you have to be a criminal before you apply or do they teach you that at Quantico?)
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I’ve heard it called Cokeland many times.


11 posted on 09/29/2020 10:17:28 PM PDT by shelterguy
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oakland held a violent anti-trump demonstration on the evening of november 4, 2016, less than 24 hours after trump was declared the 2016 election winner by the MSM.

...perhaps one of the first anti-trump demonstrations in the country.


12 posted on 09/29/2020 10:19:08 PM PDT by SteveH
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Trump is so full of it. Oakland is safer than 1% of US cities. If you ignore the other 99%, Oakland is the safest! And if you're talking about murders, you're obviously still alive. Why are you complaining?

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/oakland/crime

13 posted on 09/29/2020 10:19:35 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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Its not ‘oaklanders’ who are angry, its the cucks and soy boys at the SF Chronicle who tell you they are angry.


14 posted on 09/29/2020 10:20:25 PM PDT by PGR88
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Hell even the thuggish Raiders left Oakland. Enough said.


15 posted on 09/29/2020 10:20:36 PM PDT by DAC21 (S)
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To: glasseye

I think that was a paid advertisement to draw people to the south side of Chicago. Trump is trying to Drum up campaign cash. Move to Chicago and get away from the smoke and fires in California. Bring your hearing protection and bullet proof vest and enjoy the exciting nights on Chicago’s south side.


16 posted on 09/29/2020 10:23:07 PM PDT by Equine1952
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Is this thread serious?

wow, okay.

First of all that was a quick survey of the people in Oakland the debate just ended a couple of hours ago.

Second, most people who are not thugs in Oakland AGREE it’s too violent.


17 posted on 09/29/2020 10:24:52 PM PDT by snarkytart (The media reads teleprompters for a living and reiterates Dem talking points, they are ignorant.)
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To: Truthoverpower

“Plain and simple it’s always 75° super pleasant here with no humidity - how can you really get angry in that weather?”


I attended U.C. Santa Barbara in the 60s. I remember radicals coming down from Berkeley/San Francisco and telling us that Santa Barbara was just too beautiful to ever become properly radical.


18 posted on 09/29/2020 10:26:55 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Truthoverpower

Oakland is not even close to what is happening in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, NYC and other cities. So far. Knock on wood.


19 posted on 09/29/2020 10:29:21 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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No one says, let’s vacation in Oakland.


20 posted on 09/29/2020 10:34:17 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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