The Daily Populous Thursday August 1st, 2024 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by Quirkie

Trump's message to Black journalists and voters is "to stop people from invading our country" who are "taking Black jobs." (Note the gasps from the audience.) pic.twitter.com/J7qfddpNQR — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2024

Trump initially used the phrase during the first presidential debate in June and was heavily criticized, with many people asking what a “Black job” is and what he meant. Several Black politicians posted on social media at the time highlighting their work.

Given an opportunity by Black journalists with a largely Black audience Wednesday, Trump didn’t clarify anything. His campaign has made repeated efforts to draw in Black voters, only for those efforts to seemingly fail “bigly,” according to recent polls. This is partly because Trump’s campaign has also included some not-so-subtle racist messages, including his vow to fight “anti-white” racism, his pledge to “indemnify all police officers and law enforcement officials” if he’s reelected, his attacks on Black prosecutors, and his defense of “very fine” neo-Nazis.

Even before he entered politics, Trump didn’t have a good record on race. He and his father were sued for housing discrimination back in the 1970s, and while he hosted NBC’s The Apprentice, he allegedly dropped the n-word and refused to hire Kwame Jackson, the Black finalist on the show’s first season. However Trump’s appearance at the NABJ’s convention Wednesday was going to go, it could never have erased his racist past.

BangerSlapper1 on July 31st, 2024 at 19:59 UTC »

I guess the GOP still hasn’t figured out their messaging on Harris yet. “She’s a fake black” is certainly a novel attempt.

itsatumbleweed on July 31st, 2024 at 19:39 UTC »

This was the worst Q&A ever. Trump was completely unhinged.

Zanchbot on July 31st, 2024 at 19:36 UTC »

Nothing pisses off Trump like being fact checked. This is how the moderators should have handled that sham of a debate last month.