Twitter Shreds Trump for Report on ‘Despicable’ Comments About Immigrants: ‘Racist, Cruel’
President Trump‘s grumbling about immigrants set off a great number of people on Twitter this afternoon.
Per the New York Times, earlier this year the President said Haitian immigrants “all have AIDS” and that once Nigerian immigrants saw the U.S., they “would never ‘go back to their huts’ in Africa.”
Twitter swiftly reacted:
This is the kind of despicable thing @realDonaldTrump represents. To say all Haitians have AIDS? Nigerians all live in huts? He has NO REGARD for Black people here or worldwide. This is why he has contempt for Puerto Ricans. People of color mean NOTHING to him. #WeTriedToTellYa https://t.co/EtePCjXOuo
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) December 23, 2017
people obsess over "dogwhistles" because it's more comfortable than confronting what's in front of them, but "Haitians all have AIDS," "Nigerians live in huts," and "Mexicans are rapists" are all very direct expressions of an extremely racist worldview
— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) December 23, 2017
Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists. https://t.co/HW8OQj2C7e
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) December 23, 2017
If he tweets like a racist, talks like a racist, is beloved by racists, maybe the President is…racist. https://t.co/CmKpQ9XMin
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) December 23, 2017
This Presidency must end. These are my neighbors; they do not deserve to be treated this way by this despicable pig. https://t.co/n5Sm9vQtBe
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) December 23, 2017
Reminder that the only consistent policy position Donald Trump has is RACIST: not renting to African-Americans, hounding (innocent) Central Park Five, calling Mexicans rapists, … https://t.co/6FpsLuXmMm
— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) December 23, 2017
Biased housing said the Nixon Justice Department. Central Park 5. Original birther. On and on. Of course he said this. #Unfithttps://t.co/KrOBN9wxdI
— John Weaver (@JWGOP) December 23, 2017
Not surprising in the least, but still appalling https://t.co/rzjiXBUvY7
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) December 23, 2017
"I am the least racist person that you have ever met. And you can speak to Don King, who knows me very well. You can speak to so many different people." https://t.co/9GChvxvdca
— Ben Wizner (@benwizner) December 23, 2017
I THINK HE MIGHT BE RACIST. https://t.co/JQK2UuF20V
— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) December 23, 2017
prez seems kinda racist https://t.co/3mBKRJYe1I
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) December 23, 2017
Merry Christmas to anyone worried Trump wouldn’t squeeze in another super racist thing before the end of 2017. pic.twitter.com/6IHSmGbb0C
— Joe Berkowitz (@JoeBerkowitz) December 23, 2017
What a racist, cruel prick. https://t.co/Cv6sDnrk8B
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) December 23, 2017
to be clear, Trump has always been a racist piece of shit, but his senility is really bringing out something special https://t.co/ksMs5DqaKg
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) December 23, 2017
People shouldn't be surprised that a President who mocks the disabled, attacks Gold Star families, brags about assaulting women, etc. would make racist generalizations. Because of sheer frequency, his ability to shock is diminishing – itself worrisome as it suggests normalization
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 23, 2017
It sure seems like Donald Trump is super-racist. https://t.co/ETQmMsgwxk pic.twitter.com/O7r7APsEfA
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 23, 2017
love to have a president who is a vicious bull connor-esque racist https://t.co/VBDwdZJOml pic.twitter.com/H9iVXV3dBi
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) December 23, 2017
weekly reminder that your president is a bigot https://t.co/ue7RHdqQmx pic.twitter.com/IhsBmjGsqq
— alex medina (@mrmedina) December 23, 2017
Even the dictionary again:
Groused means grumbled; complained.
E.g. #POTUS groused this week that Haitian immigrants "all have #AIDS."https://t.co/ZIn6g5dKPc https://t.co/vJ9l3U6nTO
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 23, 2017
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