• finley@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    106
    ·
    2 days ago

    In her dispatch on the event, Jane notes that Trump didn’t even bother to show up and instead spoke to attendees via telephone about his planned tax cuts for businesses.

    Lmao, asshole literally phoned it in

    • xantoxis@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      38
      ·
      edit-2
      2 days ago

      There was a chance he might be in a room with black people. You think he was gonna risk showing up?

    • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      30
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      2 days ago

      planned tax cuts for businesses

      Well, at least Trump spoke about the key issues the black community face and showcased how his platform will enable them to have a better future.

      • finley@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        9
        ·
        2 days ago

        Trump lied an awful lot tonight. Sorry that you fell for it.

        • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          12
          ·
          2 days ago

          Whoosh!

          The point of that post was that tax cuts for businesses is NOT the key issue for the black community

          • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            edit-2
            2 days ago

            NOT the key issue for the black community

            Thank you, this is a much better and clearer way to state what I meant.

        • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          8
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          I was being sarcastic. Also, he didn’t even lie, he just talked about an unexpected topic as he isn’t “the biggest fan of black people.”

  • Adderbox76@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    Serious question;

    Am I over-thinking it to be skeeved out by the phrase “blacks” for Trump?

    It’s basically saying that their main defining characteristic as a group is their colour rather than anything about who they are culturally.

    It would be like a politician here in Canada courting the indigenous vote by holding a rally called “Reds for Pollieve” or something.

    I don’t see that really being talked about or mentioned and wonder am I just over-thinking it? Or is it just that it’s just one more fucked up thing that gets buried under a dozen other fucked up things…

    • Animated_beans@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      2 days ago

      You are right. Turning an adjective into a noun tends to make it more degrading because you’ve focused on the characteristic rather than the person. That’s why referring to people as “blacks” or “females” feels icky. It’s why we saw “deaf people” and not “the deafs” or “old people” and not “the olds.”

      • ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        14 hours ago

        But the only reason we don’t talk about the poors that way is because we can legally destroy where they sleep and run them out of town :)

  • yesman@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    79
    ·
    3 days ago

    Notice the event is named “Black Americans for Trump” and not “Blacks for Trump”. That’s awfully woke of them don’t you think?

  • treadful@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    2 days ago

    “The roundtable setup featured Representative (and Trump V.P. wannabe) Byron Donalds, former Trump Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and Representative Wesley Hunt in attendance,” she writes. “The seats were positioned in a semi-arc facing a gaggle of cameras and sea of white people, and everyone looks abundantly unenthused to be there.”

    Where are the photos, man!?!

    • suction@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      No coincidence background “patriot” wears the Deutsche Reichsflagge (Black / White / Red) as a sweater?

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 days ago

        So not Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, or even Trinidad and Tobago, it must be a flag from nearly a century ago, if you squint real hard, and ignore the extra stripes and the fact they’re vertical instead of horizontal. It certainly can’t be because of the esthetics of broad vertical stripes and that black and white go with anything, meaning you only have to coordinate with one color. Nah, that’s unreasonable.

              • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                15 hours ago

                I’m not speculating at all. I’m pointing our how much of a reach your speculation is. We can’t even be sure they’re there for Trump’s talk. That looks like a convention center, they could be there for something else. I tried to find the location this was taken, but I’m not finding it.

  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    26
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    Edit: grammer and phrasing, improved a bit

    Edit2: removed, “People showing up to rallies is one thing, but l”, explaining zip code differences, not mentioned in article, it would be interesting to see data though

    Let us not delude ourselves into thinking that the polls do not show differences when looking at poll data from 2020 vs. 2024.

    Let us see if certain groups of people who supported Joe in 2020 will be showing up to vote in November 2024.

    It is not just Black Americans or Latino Americans where we are seeing a shift when looking at 2020 vs. 2024 data.


    It seems to be a barebones article, but it does have some information:

    “The roundtable setup featured Representative (and Trump V.P. wannabe) Byron Donalds, former Trump Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and Representative Wesley Hunt in attendance,” she writes. “The seats were positioned in a semi-arc facing a gaggle of cameras and sea of white people, and everyone looks abundantly unenthused to be there.”

    Jane goes on to explain how the Atlanta event was just one of a string of failed Black voter outreach efforts.

    “In May, Trump hosted a small rally in the Bronx to gin up the Black vote after an even smaller appearance at a Harlem bodega in April,” she writes. “And in June, Trump appeared at a Black church in Detroit before skipping off to a white nationalist convention. The church stunt was a flop: At least half the audience was white, none of the attendees reporters spoke with were actual congregants, and the megachurch’s pastor said people laughed in his face when he scrambled to find people to fill the pews for the event.”

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        17
        ·
        2 days ago

        Damn, people are still thinking that…

        I thought that by including an FYI in my account information, people would stop using that excuse to dismiss anyone who did not agree or think like they wanted them to.