‘The Judge, We Believe, Is Mexican’

[RogueTrooper]

Think skinned, vindictive and racist. Not fit for the bully pulpit of President

- “Mexican.” Trump was careful to say that there’s nothing “wrong” with being Mexican (when, again, he was referring to a person of completely American background). But in a rally where people are chanting “build the wall!” this was not a mere by-the-way comment.

Imagine a comparison: suppose this case went to the Supreme Court, and Trump got a ruling against him written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And suppose he then said, “she happens to be, we believe, a Jew, which is great, I think that’s fine. Actually, though people don’t like to talk about it, three of the Democrat appointees on the Court who voted against me are Jews. Nothing wrong with it, I’m just saying.”

Aspirants to lead a big, diverse nation cannot talk this way. Richard Nixon did in private, but that was considered a scandal when it came out on his White House tapes. Political campaigns have long used various degrees of racial coding and shading. But we have seen nothing comparable to Trump’s public crudeness from a presidential nominee since at least the time of George Wallace, who in 1968 carried the deep South and won a total of 46 electoral votes.

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/all/2016/05/the-daily-trump/484064/#note-484787

[Gothmog]

1. Trump's racism is really sad

[Bucky]

2. Trump is sorta redefining what the word "bully pulpit" means

Teddy Roosevelt wouldn't be "spinning in his grave" if he heard his party getting perverted this way.

He'd be clawing his way up out through the dirt so he could kick Trump's ass

[jberryhill]

3. Teddy Roosevelt, you say?

"Whatever might be the pretexts alleged for revolt, the real reasons were to be found in the deeply-marked difference of race, and in the absolute unfitness of the Mexicans then to govern themselves, to say nothing of governing others."

[Bucky]

4. !! well played

I was thinking of Teddy's relative classiness compared to Trump's gutter politics.

But yes, Teddy was not immune to the social darwinism of his day

[KamaAina]

10. He is indeed. He's taking the 'y' out of 'bully'.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. Let's not discuss an ongoing court-case, which is embarrassing to Trump supporters

We don't want to offend Trump supporters trying to keep this court-case from the top of the Greatest Page st D.U.

[WolverineDG]

6. He's making his report on his alleged donations to vets' organizations

man, is he being thin-skinned & passive-aggressive about it. So far, five minutes of blather & so far nothing.

[maxsolomon]

8. did he ever answer a direct question?

my "news-talk" station just gave up and cut away. which is precisely what Trump wants.

[WolverineDG]

11. he started naming some organizations

but I didn't recognize any of the names. He would intersperse a name with whining that the press was corrupt & "against" him, so I gave up & watched something on HBO instead.

[maxsolomon]

7. "hey, I'm just askin"

nothing he says matters. everything is inference; he leaves no targets to attack.

I see no consequences for him continuing to use this language as long as the MSM covers the horse race aspect only.

[napkinz]

9. racist #&@!*!

[UTUSN]

12. Re-posting: A cogent analysis by Tim WISE

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/anti-racism-expert-explains-trumps-scapegoating-appeal-to-whites-and-it-will-give-you-chills/
[font size=5]Anti-racism expert explains Trump’s scapegoating appeal to whites — and it will give you chills[/font]

.... “If the only reason for Trump’s support was economic anxiety then people of color should be flocking to Trump,” Wise told CNN’s Brian Stelter. “Because black folks, for instance, are twice as likely to be out of work as white folks, three times as likely to be poor, have 1/15 the net worth, nine years less life expectancy in large part due to economic inequality.” ....

Wise likened Trump’s rhetoric to Southerners [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]who say that “the Civil War wasn’t about slavery, it’s about states rights.[/FONT]”

“Yeah, but the right you were fighting for was [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]the right to own people[/FONT],” he noted. “So when the folks in the Trump camp say it’s not about race, ‘Well, I like the fact that [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]he says what’s on his mind.’ Yeah, but you like that he says things about[/FONT] Mexicans and about the Chinese and about black activists in the streets protesting police brutality and he says things about Muslims.”

“In fact, all of those things that people say Trump is about — economics, the straight-shooting, straight-talking guy — all of that still comes back to his perspective on [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]othering[/FONT] other people and saying, ‘They’re your threat, they’re the ones who endanger your job, they’re the ones who are to blame for your lack of safety in the streets.'” ....

“How many in the media have asked Donald Trump or any of his key supporters, ‘Hey what does that hat mean?'” he wondered. “You’re wearing [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]this hat that says ‘Make America Great Again[/FONT]’ — when exactly was America great? And not just for white men with money like Donald Trump.”

“[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Name a year for me[/FONT] because I want to know… Because any year you pick is not going to be a great one for anyone but the dominant group.”

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[ProudProgressiveNow]

14. Thx for finding this. nt

[malaise]

15. Great post

Wish I could rec

[Initech]

13. Donald Trump isn't fit to be president of anything.

[Mendocino]

16. Gonzalo Curiel

was born near Chicago, solid career, nominated by Obama and passed senate confirmation with a voice vote in 2012. But in Trumps world this judge is just a "Mexican".

His racism.....