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sabra

(30,404 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:46 AM Oct 2020

Jared Kushner Says African-Americans Must 'Want to Be Successful'

Source: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said Black people must “want to be successful” in order for his father’s policies to help them.

“One thing we’ve seen in a lot of the Black community, which is mostly Democrat, is that President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they’re complaining about,” Kushner said Monday on “Fox & Friends.” “But he can’t want them to be successful more than they want to be successful.”

Trump’s campaign believes he’s drawing more Black support for his re-election than in his 2016 run, thanks to policies including a law he signed reducing prison sentences for nonviolent offenders, increased spending for historically Black colleges and universities and new tax benefits for investors in low-income communities.

Trump lost among Black voters by about 82 percentage points in 2016 but has closed the gap in support to about 71 points this year, according to an analysis of polling data FiveThirtyEight.com published last week. He’s improved particularly with Black men, cutting his disadvantage from 72 to 57 percentage points.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-26/kushner-says-african-americans-must-want-to-be-successful

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Jared Kushner Says African-Americans Must 'Want to Be Successful' (Original Post) sabra Oct 2020 OP
Nothing like being lectured to by a born on 3rd Base/Hit Triple white guy BeyondGeography Oct 2020 #1
perfectly said - thank you! nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #24
more like he inherited the team and thinks he know how to run it. nt Javaman Oct 2020 #35
He's the Mike Brown of WH Advisers. maxsolomon Oct 2020 #41
and next up noneof_theabove Oct 2020 #37
Whose daddy is in jail for white collar crimes! Tax evasion? Fraud? Sorry, can't remember. Don't niyad Oct 2020 #54
Yes, but his daddy wanted to be successful at white color crimes, generalbetrayus Oct 2020 #56
and a failure even at that! demigoddess Oct 2020 #61
so does that make Silone Jared the second least racist in the room?? agingdem Oct 2020 #2
Wow..racist silver spoon born in his mouth punk Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #3
Usual racist conservative bullshit. Thomas Hurt Oct 2020 #4
His father gave Harvard $2,500,000 to admit him. madaboutharry Oct 2020 #5
Seriously? This feckless, in-charge-of-everything-but-nothing-accomplished... brush Oct 2020 #6
Take that silver spoon out of your mouth, punk. Paladin Oct 2020 #7
Jared can go back under his rock and STFU. grumpyduck Oct 2020 #8
LOL! Successful during a pandemic? Yeah...right idiot! You really have it together & know Illumination Oct 2020 #9
What an arrogant prick PatSeg Oct 2020 #10
Yes, Jared worked hard to set up Khashoggi* for Crown Prince MBS who had sent money through ... Botany Oct 2020 #11
I wonder if he can be charged as an accessory to murder? Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2020 #20
Trump, Pompeo, and Kushner all ran to give MBS cover after Khashoggi was murdered. Botany Oct 2020 #21
There's going to be a -lot- of investigations of Tangeranus and his clan if Biden wins Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2020 #23
Stupid, prejudiced or evil? JudyM Oct 2020 #12
Needs to be in jail. edhopper Oct 2020 #13
Continuing the messaging... robbob Oct 2020 #14
The voice of White Privilege speaks... BlueIdaho Oct 2020 #15
Sounds like a pyramid marketing scheme for Hump Steaks bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #16
Get your knee off AA necks, you despicable slumlord, My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #17
Racist blaming Black people. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #18
Boy the racism is thick in that family! ananda Oct 2020 #19
Hey Bitch Jared Sierra89 Oct 2020 #22
There is not a whiter shit than Jared. Here is your challenge, Jared: NCjack Oct 2020 #25
"But he can't want them to be successful more than they want to be successful." CrispyQ Oct 2020 #26
Gosh, what a revelation! Gee, who would have thought that? PatrickforO Oct 2020 #27
I'm surprised that 538 shows an increase in Black support for Trump, esp. men. TheRickles Oct 2020 #28
In other words, hermetic Oct 2020 #29
Seems like someone is itching for another billboard. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2020 #30
Shut the hell up! FM123 Oct 2020 #31
WTF? Not an acronym I use often bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #32
STFU bdamomma Oct 2020 #33
Yeah I'm going to take lectures on success from a guy that married into wealth. Initech Oct 2020 #34
"They could launder drug money - like me and Donald!" sandensea Oct 2020 #36
That is the face of a man... jmowreader Oct 2020 #42
That would explain it sandensea Oct 2020 #50
Well, that kinda goes for everyone, jackhump. nt oldsoftie Oct 2020 #38
what a RACIST fuck yuiyoshida Oct 2020 #39
I'm sure they appreciate the advice from a white bred trustafarian Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #40
He sounds like some sort of Amway salesman jmowreader Oct 2020 #43
That entire family is an embarrassment to the human race Hekate Oct 2020 #44
WTF? I'm a black woman and can I say, "WTAF?!" is this @$$hole talking about? So, because the The_REAL_Ecumenist Oct 2020 #45
WITHOUT MONEY THEY'D ALL BE POOR WHITE TRASH Ziggysmom Oct 2020 #46
So I wonder about the "investments" in Kushner's businesses... cos dem Oct 2020 #47
STFU asshole. CottonBear Oct 2020 #48
Astonishing tone deafness. n/t SpankMe Oct 2020 #49
Jared Without Makeup The Last James Left Oct 2020 #51
Jeezus on a pogo stick- Brain disconnect packman Oct 2020 #52
Perfect wink and a nod Cheezoholic Oct 2020 #53
Third generation Trust Fund Baby says what? RealityBasedNewYorkr Oct 2020 #55
It only takes WANTING it? Brainfodder Oct 2020 #57
How would he know anything about LittleGirl Oct 2020 #58
"See, they should be more like me... Fritz67 Oct 2020 #59
So the cyborg-created, non-human, non-intelligent form makes noises that imitate speech?? Note niyad Oct 2020 #60
Jar Jar is successful because a global investment company bailed him out of his foolish NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #62
Hey Ken-doll VA_Jill Oct 2020 #63

niyad

(113,552 posts)
54. Whose daddy is in jail for white collar crimes! Tax evasion? Fraud? Sorry, can't remember. Don't
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 03:52 PM
Oct 2020

care enough to look it up.

generalbetrayus

(507 posts)
56. Yes, but his daddy wanted to be successful at white color crimes,
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 03:59 PM
Oct 2020

and was successful until he got caught.

agingdem

(7,857 posts)
2. so does that make Silone Jared the second least racist in the room??
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:51 AM
Oct 2020

vile Jared is a younger Donnie with better hair...

brush

(53,843 posts)
6. Seriously? This feckless, in-charge-of-everything-but-nothing-accomplished...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:00 AM
Oct 2020

piece of vileness can go f_ck himself and fade into a well deserved persona non grata status after Jan. 20. And he should take his whisper-voiced, fellow non-accomplisher wife with him.

Black people don't want to her sh_t from either of them.

Paladin

(28,272 posts)
7. Take that silver spoon out of your mouth, punk.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:01 AM
Oct 2020

And walk in from that third base you were born on. It'll make your entitled bullshit easier to understand.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
9. LOL! Successful during a pandemic? Yeah...right idiot! You really have it together & know
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:09 AM
Oct 2020

what's going on! We'll see how successful you are when you're in PRISON!

PatSeg

(47,586 posts)
10. What an arrogant prick
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:10 AM
Oct 2020

Like his father-in-law, everything was handed to him from the day he was born. Even then, he almost lost it all with his bad business decisions. Then he has the nerve to lecture people who have never had all the opportunities that he has.

Botany

(70,581 posts)
11. Yes, Jared worked hard to set up Khashoggi* for Crown Prince MBS who had sent money through ...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:11 AM
Oct 2020

... the U.A.E. to pay off the 1.3 billion dollar note on his money losing property
@ 666 5th Ave. in NYC.


* He gave him the top secret Presidential Daily Briefing which told MBS that we knew he was trying to
kill Khashoggi and Khashoggi's possible locations.

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,573 posts)
23. There's going to be a -lot- of investigations of Tangeranus and his clan if Biden wins
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:06 PM
Oct 2020

Rep. Schiff's going to be crazy busy, I think.

robbob

(3,538 posts)
14. Continuing the messaging...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:26 AM
Oct 2020

Caught a privileged prick in a tRump caravan spouting nonsense along the lines of; “I don’t think tRump is racist; maybe he’s racist against lazy people...”

Racist against lazy people? That’s what I’d call doubling down on the racism. These idiots are vile.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
15. The voice of White Privilege speaks...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:26 AM
Oct 2020

Nobody knows what the AA community needs more than a white Manhattan millionaire.

Sierra89

(127 posts)
22. Hey Bitch Jared
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:58 AM
Oct 2020

Go straight to hell, you entitled little shit.

Daddy had to pay to get your ass into college, you were handed everything but that was not enough.

You had to play at federal employment and screw up everything, because YOU DON'T KNOW WTF YOU'RE DOING.

A peace treaty among countries already at peace and already trading with each other does not count. There will also be a not-so-special cell for your bitch ass in prison for the shit you've pulled. You will answer for selling intel. You will answer for Khashoggi. Where did all the state PPE orders that you had intercepted go? Did you sell it? Move it somewhere?

Enjoy looking so feminine in prison.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
25. There is not a whiter shit than Jared. Here is your challenge, Jared:
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:28 PM
Oct 2020

Go beyond the experiment done by white journalist John Howard and published in his nonfiction book Black Like Me (1961).

Howard got a dermatologist to dye his skin such that he appeared to be an African American. Your challenge is to further than Howard -- if anyone demands your real name, give a false one. If anyone asks are you really black, swear that you are. Now, without your contacts and money, start businesses that raise you into the top 1% of America's wealthiest.

Don't forget to publish your journal -- we are all waiting.

CrispyQ

(36,509 posts)
26. "But he can't want them to be successful more than they want to be successful."
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:36 PM
Oct 2020

What a meaningless statement from a meaningless man. ~insert flip-the-bird smilie here

TheRickles

(2,080 posts)
28. I'm surprised that 538 shows an increase in Black support for Trump, esp. men.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:51 PM
Oct 2020

The amount of Black support is small, but it's still hard to fathom. 85/15 is still a huge lead, but I'd have expected something like 95/5.

hermetic

(8,310 posts)
29. In other words,
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:52 PM
Oct 2020

Be willing to lie, cheat and steal. The Republican way. Got it.

Eff off, Jared. I will be SO glad when we don't have to see/hear that worthless slime ball any more.

bucolic_frolic

(43,281 posts)
32. WTF? Not an acronym I use often
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:59 PM
Oct 2020

He thinks he's who? Horatio Alger? Robber Baron? Motivational guru? I'm convinced he's none too bright.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
42. That is the face of a man...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:11 PM
Oct 2020

...who was beaten up every day during his school years for being an insufferable prick.

And no, it wasn’t just “beaten up at school.” The people beating Kushner would go to his house on weekends and holidays, and tip the butler to drag Jared out to the alley so they could beat him up there.

sandensea

(21,664 posts)
50. That would explain it
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:50 PM
Oct 2020

He looks sadistic - like he's trying to get back at the world because his "feelings were hurt."

Jared: Take a number, snowflake!

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
43. He sounds like some sort of Amway salesman
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:13 PM
Oct 2020

“Good morning, my downline. I am here to tell you the reason you’re not making millions in Amway is because you’re worthless and weak.”

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(729 posts)
45. WTF? I'm a black woman and can I say, "WTAF?!" is this @$$hole talking about? So, because the
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:26 PM
Oct 2020

orange splat is a FAILURE at E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G., itz nonexistent policies haven't worked because "WE DON'T WANT TO BE SUCCESSFU"L? WHAT THE F&CK IS WRONG WITH THESE IDIOTS? If you look at where we started in this country, we are probably, per capita, the most successful because WE FUCKING SURVIVED the equivalent 500 YEARS of some of the worst attempts at genocide in modern human history! We have survived IN SPITE of systemic & institutional racism, legalised oppression, which served to keep us out of being able to live like other Americans, i.e., vote, go to businesses, live where we want to, get decent jobs, universities, go to decent schools, etc. Hell, jared isn't even successful at pretending to be a human being, a policy hack on ANYTHING substantive, including BUT certainly not limited to robbing the country blind, without people noticing, being a slumlord & a FAILED corporate realtor &/or developer let alone lecturing anyone about being siccessful. Thanks for "Ass-plaining" your failures.

In a very REAL way, WE BUILT JUST ABOUT FUCKING COUNTRY in the Americas through forced, unpaid labor & torture! It's EVERYONE else's fault because TRUMP, flew the country into the ground like a lawn dart -JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE HE'S EVER TRIED HIS HAND AT, (ok, GALAXY CLASS CHAMP at Lying, cheating, perversion, racism, sexism, theft, fraud, embezzlement, etc, so I'll give him that.

FUN FACT: has anyone else noticed how often, when corporations want a product or service to be trusted, they use BLACK PEOPLE in their commercials? Think I'm making this out of whole cloth? Next time you get a chance to sit down & stare at the tv or streaming, do so with a piece of paper & something to write with. Try to time it so you're watching in the afternoon OR primetime. Mark every time you see a commercial that has black folks as the stars & if you have the time, note what the commercial is about. GUARANTEE you'll find that the
majority of commercials are anchored by brown skinned people with curly, kinky curly or kinky hair who look like me.

Ziggysmom

(3,412 posts)
46. WITHOUT MONEY THEY'D ALL BE POOR WHITE TRASH
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:27 PM
Oct 2020

With money they are rich white trash, with the perceived notion that they can dictate how others should live and want to live.

I get this gagging phlegm loogie feeling in my throat whenever I see Jared. BLECH! 🤢

cos dem

(903 posts)
47. So I wonder about the "investments" in Kushner's businesses...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:33 PM
Oct 2020

Does Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar consider the "debts paid in full" in exchange for all the classified dirt he gave them? If so, then we know it was some juicy stuff, and Dems ought to investigate him for high treason.

If not, Jared may need to hide himself away from "Mr. Bone Saw".

Cheezoholic

(2,032 posts)
53. Perfect wink and a nod
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 03:26 PM
Oct 2020

To their base and to self apologetic "I'm not racist" racists undecideds. And for free!
Imagine that

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
57. It only takes WANTING it?
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 03:59 PM
Oct 2020
THIS IS SERIOUSLY PROFOUND!



Their campaign believes in jail/prison time for staff as just a small price to pay, also?











LittleGirl

(8,291 posts)
58. How would he know anything about
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:25 PM
Oct 2020

what blacks think, or want, or need, or complain about? He has no clue.

Fritz67

(354 posts)
59. "See, they should be more like me...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:31 PM
Oct 2020

...I worked hard and pulled myself up by my boostraps to be born into a wealthy family! The fact that they don't do that shows how lazy they are!"

niyad

(113,552 posts)
60. So the cyborg-created, non-human, non-intelligent form makes noises that imitate speech?? Note
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:34 PM
Oct 2020

to its programmers: your attempt to create an artificial "life" form has failed completely. Would you be kind enough to remove it? Don't bother trying to upgrade, it will be of no significance come January 20, 2021.

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
62. Jar Jar is successful because a global investment company bailed him out of his foolish
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:47 PM
Oct 2020

purchase of 666 Park Ave. for $1.5Billion. He would have gone under otherwise. His father in law doesn't have the funds to help him out. He's got plenty of debt of his own.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/qatar-jared-kushner-skyscraper-brookfield-trump-doha-saudi-arabia-mbs-a8775651.html

Who is it that's helping bail out millions of Americans as they lose their homes, jobs and lives to Covid19? Not tRump, not the Republicans in Congress and certainly not Nepotism Kushner.

VA_Jill

(9,995 posts)
63. Hey Ken-doll
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:49 PM
Oct 2020

Hoe successful do you think you are going to be in prison? Because that's where YOU are headed, BOY!

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