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Hard to imagine anything much weirder than wanting to present oneself as racist in front of an African-American journalists association. Pretty much guaranteed to get a hostile reception when you do that.

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[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 138 points 4 months ago

Trump: “A Black job is anybody that has a job,” Trump said. “That’s what it is. Anybody that has a job.”

And Biden didn't make sense?

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 67 points 4 months ago

He's trying to deal with his own previous statement, which implied that Blacks can only aspire to holding some kinds of jobs.

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 37 points 4 months ago

I'm familiar with him saying that before. I was surprised he hadn't come up with an answer to the "what are black jobs" question since it has been all over the media in response to his prior claim. But I guess he's too lazy or stupid to think ahead like that.

My comment was more directed at his nonsensical answer. First, if a black job is any job, then why specify it? Second, how can the answer to "what is a black job" be that it is a person?

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 25 points 4 months ago

Trump isn't used to fact checking, or people having valid clarification questions. His whole thing is being loud and repeating talking points so people agree with him.

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