Morning Joe Reveals Trump Once Admitted He Plays Race Card: 'I Know It's Bad But It Works'

[DonViejo]

by Colby Hall | Nov 5th, 2018, 7:03 am

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The particular conversation excerpted here opened with a conversation surrounding the heated gubernatorial race in Georgia that sees Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams running neck and neck with Secretary of State Brian Kemp in a traditionally red state.

Kemp’s office recently alleged that there was a Democratic attempt to “hack” state voting polls (without citing evidence), and many political experts are alleging unfair voter suppression, particularly of African-American voters in Georgia.

NBC News National Political Reporter Heidi Przybyla noted a disturbing trend of polls tightening in many races after what she saw as the”race issue” was introduced into the political sphere.

“It is as the race issue became really prominent that the polls tightened because it was only a couple of weeks ago of that Desantis had the lead and then he made that fateful comment about monkey it up. Then we had the racism robocalls coming into the state. Then President Trump called him a thief. All of these dog whistles. What did we see? We saw the polls tightening.”

With Andrew Gillum now leading in the polls, Przybyla appears to be making the point that racial dog whistles backfired on GOP candidate Ron DeSantis.

Cut to the reaction from Joe Scarborough, who noted that Trump consistently reminds his rally goers of his pro-Charlottesville “heritage” protestor stance.

Brezizinski followed by revealing an off-camera conversation with then-candidate Trump, in which they pressed him on why he played the “birther” card so hard in challenging President Barrack Obama to show that he was in fact born in the United States (and not in Kenya.) The allegation that Obama was not a true American was viewed by many as a shameless racist play to “otherize” the first African-American president.

According to Brzezinski, Trump privately admitted that he knew it was wrong, but he did it because, “in his mind, it works.”

full article + video
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/morning-joe-reveals-trump-once-admitted-to-playing-race-card-i-know-its-bad-but-it-works/

[NewJeffCT]

1. Unless they have it on tape

nobody will believe it.

[OnDoutside]

4. I don't believe they were aiming that at anyone other than Trump himself.

[beachbum bob]

2. really doesn't matter...his actions and words already establish who and what he is

[Laurian]

3. Why didn't they reveal that at the time?

These two have no integrity. They cozied up to that asshole even though they knew he was an ignorant asshole.

They were complicit. I haven’t watched them since the 2016 election.

[enough]

7. Right. NT

[Blue_true]

12. It would not have made any difference.

The Bernie or Busters and nuts like Sarandon and West would have kept spewing their poison. The racist would have still rallied hard behind Trump. Blue collar workers would have still fallen for the con because maybe he was different.

[Cary]

5. We know who and what Unindicted Co-Conspirstor is

Even the willfully ignorant know. Facts don't faze them, so don't bother with them. Focus on GOTV.

[BSdetect]

6. drumph is aiming at an ever diminishing demographic and will pay a hefty price

[marble falls]

8. He keeps replowing his own seeded fields. I'm glad he does.

[jcgoldie]

9. The thing is he doesnt care

If he could somehow stir up enough russian bots and poor white racists and terrified evangelists to win another election, he could care less if republicanism goes up in flames after he's gone. He doesn't give a shit about republicanism he only cares about Trump.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. Yet those 2 sanctimonious assholes kept having him on and kissing his ass. Go figure..... and

yes, I get that it was for ratings or whatever.

[mercuryblues]

15. +1

[empedocles]

11. Trump said the same kind of thing about Kerry, on tape.

trump was talking about how awful what cheney [the draft dodger] did to Prez candidate [and heroic Nam vet] Kerry. trump as I recall said, 'that was so terrible for cheney to do that to Kerry, but it worked, so it was good.'

[That may be clearly and exactly how trump's mind 'works'.]

[MissB]

13. That old saying "it's not whether you win or lose

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-it’s how you play the game” really got twisted in his mind. It’s all about winning and he doesn’t care how he wins or whether it’s moral to win.

He’s really quite simplistic.

[empedocles]

14. You're right, 'simplistic' is a good word.

There is no reasoning process of evaluating whether the 'ends justify the means'. There's a total absence gap there on thinking. Its all about simply 'WINNING'!

[The implications for 'Presidential Decision-making' in the near future - could be barbaric].