Trump Demands GOP Not Show 'Weakness' By Voting to Condemn Racist Tweets He Claims Aren't Racist

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Trump Demands GOP Not Show ‘Weakness’ By Voting to Condemn Racist Tweets He Claims Aren’t Racist

By Colby HallJul 16th, 2019, 10:11 am

The father of modern psychology Sigmund Freud was known for a lot of groundbreaking observations, but one example is the idea of deflection. Or put another way, when someone says “I’m not saying that I think you are fat” what they are really saying is “I think you are fat.” A classic defense mechanism that, unlike many of Freud’s findings, appears to have withstood the test of time.

This psychological phenomenon comes to mind on day three of President Donald Trump’s going on the offensive in claiming that his racist tweets from Sunday were in fact “NOT Racist.” He added that, in his esteem, he doesn’t “have a Racist bone in [his] body.”

Trump tweeted this defense of his Sunday morning attacks on the four Democratic freshman Congresswomen, all of whom are of color, in which he used the racist trope of telling them to go back to the country they came from.

After a two-day media firestorm, which some analysts speculate was designed as a distraction from Friday’s resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and the Jeffrey Epstein plea deal, Trump is keeping the story alive. On Tuesday morning he tweeted more attacks on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Rashid Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Trump appears to be trying to label the Democratic Party as a party of the more progressive side represented by these four freshmen Congressmen, as opposed to a more centrist and experienced party represented by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Trump’s full-throated denial of racist allegations may please his base of supporters, who likely won’t stop supporting him regardless of his comments (or shooting of someone on Fifth Avenue as he boasted on the campaign trail) while critics and centrists alike may only connect the two terms Trump and “racist” in a manner that may not help his reelection efforts.

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https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-those-tweets-were-not-racist-i-dont-have-a-racist-bone-in-my-body/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Republicans are living in an Alternative Universe....

They support this cretin, then they will be labeled RACISTS from now until Election Day.

We will make sure of that.

[brutus smith]

2. That's ok

I'm sure we will have some in our party vote no.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Trumpy to the GOP: Treat my lies as truth, and I won't punish you. n/t

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Chickenshit.

Ooh, a mean tweet from the President.

What’s today’s equivalent of “you wanna step outside and say that”?

[Va Lefty]

5. "Look what you made me do" said by every abuser ever

[qazplm135]

6. I agree he doesn't have a racist bone

because bones aren't capable of thought.

His brain on the other hand...massively racist.