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Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system.

Trump argues he is the victim of political persecution, even though there is no evidence President Joe Biden or White House officials influenced the filing of 91 felony charges against him. Earlier in the week, Trump compared himself to Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top domestic rival, who died in a remote Arctic prison after being jailed by the Kremlin leader.

“I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing,” Trump told a black-tie event for Black conservatives in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s Republican primary. “And a lot of people said that’s why the Black people like me, because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against. It’s been pretty amazing but possibly, maybe, there’s something there.”

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 75 points 8 months ago (5 children)

“And a lot of people said that’s why the Black people like me, because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against. It’s been pretty amazing but possibly, maybe, there’s something there.”

I may have never read a more delusional, tone-deaf, preposterous, and wholly fabricated crock of bullshit in my entire life. Does he dream these things up himself or does he somehow still have yes-men who feed these hallucinations to him?

What the fucking hell? I mean, even the most die-hard Trump-is-my-god-emporer-forever-I-will-topple-democracy-for-him maga has got to know that this is absolute horseshit, right?

[–] s0ckpuppet@kbin.social 54 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Remember when Trump took out a 1 page ad in the paper calling for the death penalty for the central park 5?

Pepperidge Farm remembers

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6131533-trumpdeathpenaltyad05011989

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 26 points 8 months ago

Even better, he continued AFTER they were exonerated, got a settlement, and someone else confessed and was convicted based on DNA evidence. If there’s one thing this chump can’t do, it’s ever admit he was wrong. Oh, and another, he can’t just stfu about something.

https://people.com/politics/central-park-five-netflix-donald-trump-real-story/

[–] norbert@kbin.social 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's important to point out they were all cleared after the fact and were released after serving years in prison. NYC settled with The Exonerated 5 for $41 million dollars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case

[–] ShadowRam@kbin.social 16 points 8 months ago

Fox news told him black-voters like him because of this golden sneakers..

So in his brain right now, he thinks black-voters like him,

Thinking why that is, he knows black people historically were treated unfair by the court system, and apparently he is too,

So he thinks himself a genius with smart gene's that he linked those two thoughts together, and thinks that's another reason why black-voters must like him.

He's been spitting out everything he can hoping some victimization will stick... Jew prosecution, Navalny, etc. Dude's a moron, and I still can't believe there are people dumb enough to be fooled by such low effort manipulation.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago

It's been less than a week since a Fox News said black people love the idea that Trump is releasing a line of sneakers. Buckle up, this won't be the most tone deaf thing you read this year.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I bet you anything that he comes up with the early versions of these crazy ideas then tells them to some personal bootlicker who then repeats them back the next day, to distract him from bad news. His brain is such swiss cheese that he thinks it is the first time hearing it. Repeat a few times and now it is fact.

[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

I don't remember where I read this, and I'm hoping someone may remind me, but it's a purity/loyalty test for fascists to say ridiculous, reality-defying things to their audience.