Trump's dog whistle to his Deplorable base

[DemocratSinceBirth]

In his remarks about Andrew Jackson he was signaling to his base that he believes Andrew Jackson was right, Abraham Lincoln was wrong, and that slavery was good.

D-e-p-l-o-r-a-b-l-e.

[samnsara]

1. good thing his base is shrinking.....

[pangaia]

2. Jackson.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. They had a lot more in common than a first name.

[pangaia]

4. I just wikied Johnson.. Thanks...

Everybody here knows more than I do.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Alt-righties have been taking a dump on Lincoln's legacy for

as long as I've been on the Internet, so he knew exactly what he was doing in his remarks.

[Ligyron]

6. Trump contradicts himself.

"TRUMP: I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn't have had the Civil War. He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart, and he was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War."

First Jackson wasn't around for the Civil War (correct) then he tells us what Jackson felt in regards to said war, (which he apparently observed firsthand?)".

Then the motherfucker quotes Jackson's reaction to the war: "there's no need for this".

Then Trump ponders why there needed to be a war implying things could have been worked out and perhaps he could have prevented it thru his super deal making abilities.

Then we could all have slaves which would be better? Except for the slaves, of course but he assumes he wouldn't be one, so...

[Botany]

7. Trump's Jackson comment in context / 20% of Trump Fans Think Freeing the Slaves Was a Bad Idea

http://time.com/4236640/donald-trump-racist-supporters/

Donald Trump appears to have high levels of support among the nation's intolerant population, according to a New York Times deep dive into polling data.

The Times found that nearly 20% of Trump supporters did not approve of freeing the slaves, according to a January YouGov/Economist poll that asked respondents if they supported or disapproved of "the executive order that freed all slaves in the states that were in rebellion against the federal government"—Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.