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I’m not going to bother with most of that because it’s just talking points, but I will point out that the birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton’s team

by jki275 7y ago

I’m not going to bother with most of that because it’s just talking points, but I will point out that the birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton’s team when she ran against Obama. Also, calling him racist and sexist is comical, and nobody said that about him when he was buying democrat politicians for decades in NYC - that story got made up when he announced he was going to run for president as a Republican.

mikeash 7y ago
Right, nobody said that before 2015, sure. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-racist-meme/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-racist-meme/ His full page ads calling for the execution of the exonerated Central Park Five ran thirty years ago!
- jki275 7y ago
  I don’t think the Central Park 5 were exonerated 35 years ago. I’m glad they have been exonerated now, and certainly they shouldn’t have been convicted then - but there was nothing racist in Trump’s ad calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty. Many people believe in it (full disclosure- I’m not one of them), and at least of those I know none of them believe in it for racist reasons.
  - mikeash 7y ago
    That’s true, they were exonerated in 2002. Trump then withdrew his advocacy for their execution in... well, I can’t answer that without crystal ball.
    - jki275 7y ago
      Well clearly they wouldn’t be eligible for the death penalty anymore, I don’t think anyone believes that. That’s a bit of an absurd comment to make.
      - mikeash 7y ago
        Why is that clear? Trump still says they’re guilty, and still says people who commit these crimes should be executed.
        jki275 7y ago
        He does? Can you cite that? As I said, many people believe that people who commit murder ought to be executed, that's not a racist belief.