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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hah, the article was removed https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/forbes-removes-column-that-asks-if-trump-surviving-shooting-will-appeal-to-black-voters/

The author mentioned Trump attempted to sway black voters after he was indicted on various criminal charges and his mugshot was taken in one of his cases last year.

“Hopefully, being shot doesn’t become a similarly problematic strategy to link Trump with an experience that far too many (not all) Black people have,” part of the column reads.

Seems like it was supposed to be sorta the opposite of what it ended up being.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh, so it's a classic case of 'any question asked in a headline can just be answered with no'?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Betteridge's law of headlines

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well I wouldn't put it past him. He wasn't shot by the police though.

[–] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Shaun Harper

A DEI expert

....i don't believe you

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Isn't it funny how the dei experts end up being the most racist?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

No, it's not. It's not funny because people end up listening to and following all the drivel they espouse.

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

DEI expert because his employer keeps sending him to classes

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[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we sure this isn't satire...? This reads very much like satire to me and I'm too lazy to look up the article to see for myself.

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Any back or person of color that votes for Trump needs their head examined. If you think these people are your friends you are in for a ride awaking.

Edit: autocorrect did a number on my comment 😂 I like it and I'm keeping it!

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Any person, period. Only extremely wealthy hoarders could make a sane decision to vote for Repubs, and that's only if they care about short term gains at the expense of the planet.

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

Back in 2016 I tried explaining this to a Hispanic guy I knew. Single issue voter, second amendment. Dude was a lost cause. Never talked to him again but I doubt anything has changed. Single issue voters tend to be simplistic fucking idiots.

[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Or, Mike, take the firearms first and then go to court, because that’s another system. Because a lot of times, by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court, to get the due process procedures. I like taking the guns early. Like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida, he had a lot of firearms – they saw everything – to go to court would have taken a long time, so you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.”

Trump is horrible for second amendment rights.

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[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you mean rude awakening?

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"this is pretty racist"

Yeah, so is he, so it would be on brand. I say 60% chances he will try exactly that before the election.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He already did in the last debate. Remember "taking black jobs"?

No? oh I guess it's cuz Biden is old...

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

No, it's because I'm old and missed the debate and went to sleep instead. In my defense I'm 6h ahead.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good lord...

[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"See? We got something in common, you and I. In fact you could say… you could say I'm just like you."

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[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have my doubts that many black voters think trump and say:

what a guy

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I know that black voters for Trump exist. But so do bots.

[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not a lot, but more than you'd think. Something on the order of 15-30% of black voters support him, from my memory.

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Biden is winning black voters 64% to 13% in this poll that has a crazy amount of Kennedy voters https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/07/11/amid-doubts-about-bidens-mental-sharpness-trump-leads-presidential-race/

But that's bad because he won 87% to 12% in 2020.

[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, Biden is winning black voters. But considering Trump's entire vibe of catering to white supremacists, it's supposing he has much support at all.

I think you think we're arguing, but we're not?

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wasn't arguing. Just bringing the relevant polling to the table. 30% black support would be a landslide election for a Republican. 13% when he won 12% in 2020 doesn't even seem worth remarking upon. So I think that's an important distinction.

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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't listen to that writer. They are a DEI expert - that's practically antifa. /s

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

One of the first things that came to mind was that he could start walking out to 50 Cent songs at his rallies.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Well if you put it that way, no.

Don't try to put it another way either.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That's the point.

That's the author's entire point.

[–] tryagain@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus wept

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jesu Swept

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

jizz is wet

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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)

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[–] 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

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Fuckin yikes!

[–] ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everyone:

Forbes: Hey, do you know what do Trump and a black person have in common? If they're both alive is just because a white person's bad aim!

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s the first thing that a buddy of mine said to me.

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[–] 314xel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

OMG

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