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gabeana

(3,166 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 09:26 PM Jul 2016

Wow Trump thinks Blacks are inherently "lazy"

“I’ve got black accountants at Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza — black guys counting my money!” O’Donnell’s book quoted Trump as saying. “I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. Those are the kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else. . . . Besides that, I’ve got to tell you something else. I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is; I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.”

Why is this the 1st I heard of this haven"t heard any of this in the press

sure some of you have heard why hasn't this quote been tied around his neck

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/7/20/1550251/-Trump-laziness-is-a-trait-in-blacks-I-believe-that

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Wow Trump thinks Blacks are inherently "lazy" (Original Post) gabeana Jul 2016 OP
Just adding the paragraph before - seems credible 6chars Jul 2016 #1
Wow bravenak Jul 2016 #2
I suppose he thinks he can win without any black votes ... Old Union Guy Jul 2016 #3
This needs to be everywhere! Squinch Jul 2016 #4
OMFG rbrnmw Jul 2016 #5
I heard him make a similar comment about black teens John Poet Jul 2016 #6
Unfortunately, he's not the only one who thinks that. SheilaT Jul 2016 #7
Disgusting is that a lot gabeana Jul 2016 #8
Is this ANYWHERE on video kwolf68 Jul 2016 #9
No I think it is only in book form gabeana Jul 2016 #10

6chars

(3,967 posts)
1. Just adding the paragraph before - seems credible
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 09:28 PM
Jul 2016
John O’Donnell, who was president of the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino and later wrote a memoir about his experience, said Trump blamed financial difficulties partly on African American accountants.



 

John Poet

(2,510 posts)
6. I heard him make a similar comment about black teens
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 09:35 PM
Jul 2016

early in the campaign. It was shortly after the remarks about criminals coming from Mexico...

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
7. Unfortunately, he's not the only one who thinks that.
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 09:45 PM
Jul 2016

And a lot of Boomers think all Millennials are lazy, too.

The inclination to judge an entire group badly is sadly common.

gabeana

(3,166 posts)
10. No I think it is only in book form
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 12:08 AM
Jul 2016

but there is this from Trump

Of course, Trump hasn’t read O’Donnell’s book, because Donald Trump doesn't read.​ But he did give an interview.

Trump told Playboy magazine that O’Donnell’s memoir was “probably true.”

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