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Congressional Black Caucus head: Trump's shackles tweet was 'reckless'
The Washington Examiner ^ | October 11, 2016 | Gabby Morrongiello

Posted on 10/12/2016 4:58:27 AM PDT by kevcol

A tweet posted by Donald Trump on Tuesday, in which the Republican presidential nominee said he had been removed from "shackles," was met with criticism by the head of the Congressional Black Caucus.

"The moment an African-American hears the word 'shackles,' it's reminiscent of the era of slavery," Democratic Congressman G.K. Butterfield said in an interview with The Hill. "We're at a point now where Donald Trump is out of control. We don't know what's next."

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016elections; cbc; democrats; gkbutterfield; racebaiters; slavery; trump
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Rep G.K. Butterfield: North Carolina Democrat and head of the Congressional Black Caucus:

 
1 posted on 10/12/2016 4:58:27 AM PDT by kevcol
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He is the head of the “congressional black caucus”???

Let me guess.. he “identifies as” black?


2 posted on 10/12/2016 5:00:22 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump is running against EVERYONE. The Democrats, The Media, and the establishment GOP)
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To: kevcol

Oh please! Not everything in this world has to be viewed in the eyes of a slave of 100-400 years ago.


3 posted on 10/12/2016 5:00:32 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Mr. K

Maybe he carries a bottle of hot sauce in his pocket.


4 posted on 10/12/2016 5:01:46 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: kevcol

Is this satire? Has to be satire. It’s satire right?

shackles = slavery? And why is he white. Is someone pulling a joke here?

Trump is out of control? Dont know what he’ll do next?

Cause a mother ####ing revolution if this keeps up.


5 posted on 10/12/2016 5:02:08 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: kevcol

This a##wipe is full of BS


6 posted on 10/12/2016 5:02:11 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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That’s garbage. I don’t hear anything!


7 posted on 10/12/2016 5:02:14 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: kevcol

Nutty liberals now find freedom politically incorrect.

Its not Trump who’s crazy; its them.


8 posted on 10/12/2016 5:02:22 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: kevcol

Give me an f-ing break!!


9 posted on 10/12/2016 5:02:32 AM PDT by euram
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To: kevcol

He what they used to call “high yellow,” light-skinned enough to pass for white, and quite a few did.


10 posted on 10/12/2016 5:05:25 AM PDT by Loyalist (Is the Pope Catholic? Less than Westboro Baptist!)
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To: kevcol

Anyone who has, “Butter”, in their name, is melting...


11 posted on 10/12/2016 5:08:09 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Mr. K

Is he married to Rachel “I wanna be black” Dolezal?


12 posted on 10/12/2016 5:08:39 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: kevcol

This constant sense of victimhood is shackles on these people more so than racism itself. They seem enslaved by their thoughts and actions.


13 posted on 10/12/2016 5:10:48 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
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Let’s just admit the truth. 98% of the BLM crowd wouldn’t even know what shackles are. These are not the sharpest knives in the drawer after all.

Furthermore, if they are so afraid of English words, perhaps they should go to Africa where they won’t have to listen to the rest of us talk.


14 posted on 10/12/2016 5:10:59 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
That’s garbage. I don’t hear anything!

Then obviously you're not black enough! Time for some sensitivity training ... You need to have your consciousness raised!

15 posted on 10/12/2016 5:11:10 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: kevcol

Pelosi Dems had gone dark this campaign cycle. Not a peep.

Watch them now begin to slide out from under damp places to directly or indirectly support Paul Ryan, who supports Hillary over Trump.


16 posted on 10/12/2016 5:11:28 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education is the farm team for more Marxists coming,... infinitum.)
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To: kevcol

They call him “trigger”


17 posted on 10/12/2016 5:12:22 AM PDT by justrepublican (Screaming like a "Vexatious requester" at a Wellstone memorial...........)
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To: kevcol

“Reckless,” precisely. If one is committed to keep the lid on vast corruption one must NEVER be reckless. God Bless Donald J Trump, the most recklessly brave soldier in the army of God.
I am struck by 2 such reckless comments by DJT. The first is his comment that he would see Hillary in jail. Wow! It is worth giving him the presidency just to see if he will do it.
Second, as we witness the pathetic sabre rattling of the Obama/Clinton weasel cabal, we are shocked into high anxiety at the prospect of WWIII. We are, in their final gasps of hubris, brought to the very precipice of annihilation by these terrorists.
Trump will negotiate our way back from the ultimate brink, the cliff over which we are cast into hell. After all, he does not want his crowning achievement, Trump Tower, to become a steaming pile of radioactive rubble.
Hillary? Not so much.


18 posted on 10/12/2016 5:14:13 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Stop the Left and save the world.)
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To: kevcol
Shackles are used on prisoners. Since most Black males have criminal records, I can see why they feel so strongly about the word.
19 posted on 10/12/2016 5:16:51 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: goldstategop; euram
Same play all over again.

Remember Sarah Palin and “blood libel”? Palin had been accused of inspiring the murder attempt on Rep Gifford and when she called that accusation a blood libel that was anti-Semitic.

A term that had been used for years and years as a synonym for unjustified accusations of murder was suddenly only to be used in conjunction with its origin, Medieval pursuits of Jews.

The Left thinks Orwell's 1984 was a manual!

20 posted on 10/12/2016 5:17:17 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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