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[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's that even supposed to mean? Huh?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Trump has pretended that his arrest and mugshot increased his support from black electors (implying that it made them relate to him from sharing an experience far too common for them) so it wouldn't be surprising he would do the same because he got shot (again, considering statistics)

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was pretty certain this would be what the article was about, wondering if a racist might respond to events with racism. Headline just went way too hard on exploiting rage for clicks.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Questioning if trump would try to use it to appeal to Black voters...

Apparently everyone is taking it to mean it would work and calling the author racist?

But there's a very good chance trump does try this. Because he is racist.

It concerning so many people are confused