"By now you've probably seen clips from the interview Donald Trump gave on stage at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago today. It was appalling. The only thing worse than the overt racism that came out of his mouth was his apparent belief that he could get away with it."
~ Joyce Vance
"Trump did not try to walk his comments back. He doubled down on social media. ...
It’s okay to call the racist a racist. In fact, it’s something we’re morally obligated to do. The fact that Trump doesn’t like it makes it all the more important to speak truth to would-be power, especially when the racist wants to be president.
Ultimately, Trump’s own people took him off the stage today. But it’s up to us, the voters, to do that in November."
Aaron Rupar provides helpful video coverage of Trump's self-immolation at NABJ yesterday.
"It is unlikely that his insults and naked racism will appeal to anyone but his base, making his performance, as Jessica Tarlov put it on the Fox News Channel, 'a complete, absolute dumpster fire.' It is possible that Trump has lost the ability to read a room and reassure his audience that he’s a good bet."
#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
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~ Heather Cox Richardson
"But it is also possible that Trump cannot bear to see the enthusiasm building behind Harris, not only because of its electoral meaning, but also because it reveals how small his own following is and how much people loathe him."
“I think we’re getting the first view of imploding Donald Trump as he realizes that what was his for the taking ten days ago is slipping away and he’s likely to go to prison rather than the White House. He [is] being dominated and humiliated by Harris and he’s losing it.”
~ Josh Marshall as quoted by Heather Cox Richardson
"We all know Trump is a racist, misogynist, and an antisemite. But in past years he’s expressed such bigotry just enough to excite his base while covering himself with 'I was just being sarcastic,' or 'it was taken out of context.' And the media allowed him to get away with it.
No longer. Now that he’s running for president against a Black woman, the media isn’t buying it."
~ Robert Reich
"Not knowing how to attack a Kamala Harris, Trump appears to be melting down."
“VP Harris has Trump on the ropes. He will never debate her because he’s scared of her because he knows she will mop the floor with him.”
~ Omarosa as quoted by Oliver Markus Malloy
#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
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https://badchoicesmakegoodstories.substack.com/p/trumps-appearance-at-the-national
"This is a picture worth a thousand words of Donald Trump standing clueless on stage in Chicago at the National Association of Black Journalists after one of his campaign handlers had told ABC Newscaster Rachel Scott to end the event early."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/10
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/this-is-what-happens-when-trump-loses
"The photo shows Scott, in blue and two other Black journalists who were on the panel questioning Trump leaving the stage as Trump is left staring silently at the audience, which was hostile throughout. ...
Reports from Washington have said that the Trump campaign has tried to steer him away from attacking Harris on the basis of her race and gender.
That went out the window in Chicago today."
"While it’s tempting to believe that there’s a method behind Trump’s madness, this seemed to me like little more than desperate flailing from a guy who thought the presidential election was in the bag two weeks ago but now feels it slipping away along with his polling lead."
~ Aaron Rupar
#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/12
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/tim-walz-kamala-harris-progressive-support-dems
"Going up against a Black woman brings out the absolute worst in Trump. Hopefully Americans are smart enough this time to see his crude racism and misogyny for what it is. He’s certainly not disciplined enough to hide it."
"Based on social media posts and statements by Trump surrogates, it is clear the campaign believes that focusing on Kamala Harris’s racial identity is a winning strategy. Only a white billionaire living in a bubble of sycophants would believe that strategy will increase his chances of election."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/14
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/defying-the-odds-trump-steals-spotlight
The headline for Inae Oh and Julianne McShane's report at Mother Jones on Trump's appalling behavior at NABJ neatly sums things up:
"White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black"
#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/15
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/trump-nabj-racist-harris-interview/
And another headline, this one from Huffington Post right now:
To be fair TFG did notice that many of the attendees of the National Association of Black Journalists
conference were Black.
That's more observation and thought I would have credited to him.
@ScottSoCal Indeed.