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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump surrogate calls Ryan racist
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/282468-trump-surrogate-calls-ryan-racistA Donald Trump surrogate on Tuesday called Speaker Paul Ryan a racist, after the Wisconsin Republican criticized the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's comments about a federal judges ethnicity. Speaker Ryan is wrong, and Speaker Ryan has apparently switched positions and is now supporting identity politics, which is racist, Jeffrey Lord told CNN. Earlier on Tuesday, Ryan called Trumps comments regarding Judge Gonzalo Curiel racist.
"I regret these comments that he made," the Wisconsin Republican said. "Saying a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of the textbook definition of racist comments. ... I think that should be absolutely disavowed." Trump reportedly instructed his surrogates on Monday to attack those who criticize his comments about Curiel, saying that those who bring up the issue are racists.
"The people asking the questions those are the racists," Trump said in a conference call. "I would go at 'em." Curiel is presiding over several lawsuits against Trump University alleging it defrauded students and left them with crushing debt. Trump said Curiel had a conflict of interest because he is of Mexican descent, and Trump wants to build a wall along the U.S.'s border with Mexico.
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Trump surrogate calls Ryan racist (Original Post)
AntiBank
Jun 2016
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FSogol
(45,476 posts)1. LOL, popcorn, get-cher popcorn! Repubs eat their own!
lame54
(35,284 posts)2. Why is this guy allowed on tv...
really CNN - is he just loitering around the green room
he has zero credibility and says the dumbest shit
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)3. That...
was ordered by Trump, for his minions to call everyone else racists.
Rex
(65,616 posts)4. This is great, the GOP nominee doesn't do solidarity with other GOP criminals!
POPCORN! We are going to need A LOT of popcorn!
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)6. OKAY I am officially declaring this a sh*t storm!
The first round of popcorn is on me.
malaise
(268,930 posts)7. is he redefining the meaning of racism?
Stupid fuck.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)8. Jeffrey Lord