People of Color React to Trump’s Speech Detailing His Pitch to Black Voters

[DonViejo]

As he spoke in Wisconsin tonight, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump made an appeal to voters of color. As there has been rioting in Milwaukee following the police shooting of a young black man and Trump is currently polling at 1% among African Americans, the topic seems timely enough.

shrillary tintin
@theshrillest

trump saw that he was getting 1% from black people and said "too high"

9:57 PM - 16 Aug 2016
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Petey RobLowe
@jteeDC

Donald Trump is getting African American outreach wrong in the exact way that the GOP has been getting it wrong for my entire life.

10:44 PM - 16 Aug 2016
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Damon Bethea
@damonbethea1

Among other things, Trump has spoken all kinds of craziness about President Obama. Why would black folks vote for such a man? #XanaxTrump

10:40 PM - 16 Aug 2016 · Penn Hills, PA, United States
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I, Hoebot.
@eclecticbrotha

Trump went to Wisconsin to woo the 1% of black voters that support him, which is weird because that 1% already works on his campaign.

10:31 PM - 16 Aug 2016
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Is anyone of any color into it?

Ari Melber MSNBC ✔
@AriMelber

Trump speaking *as if* he is appealing directly to black voters - note that campaign chose West Bend for this address, which is 95% white.

10:32 PM - 16 Aug 2016
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Harold Itzkowitz
@HaroldItz

Why isn’t Trump making this speech in the black areas of Milwaukee? Oh right: gutless.

10:36 PM - 16 Aug 2016
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http://www.mediaite.com/online/people-of-color-react-to-trumps-speech-detailing-his-pitch-to-black-voters/

[sheshe2]

1. This has to be the best!

I, Hoebot.
@eclecticbrotha

Trump went to Wisconsin to woo the 1% of black voters that support him, which is weird because that 1% already works on his campaign.

10:31 PM - 16 Aug 2016
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[Botany]

2. Dumb ass old white guy here

Calling African Americans looters, rioters, and robbers was not smart if you wanted to
reach out to the Black community. Neither was blaming President Obama for the murder
rate in Chicago or blaming Hillary Clinton for inner city poverty. Trump's speech was
a mix of Dick Nixon and HW Bush's Willie Horton ad. You could smell Roger Ailes all
over Trump's talk last night.