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Probably should ease up just a bit on this too:
Posted on 08/02/2015 3:29:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
GOP 2016 frontrunner Donald Trump appeared on this Sunday's Meet the Press and when asked about the Black Lives Matter movement in America, proved he was just as clueless as the rest of the talking heads on the right with this response to host Chuck Todd.
CHUCK TODD: And, again, I know we're going to get into a lot more issues with you in a couple weeks. But I want to ask you about Black Lives Matter. The latest shooting of a white police officer shooting an unarmed black man. Do you see this as a crisis in America?
DONALD TRUMP: It's a massive crisis. It's a double crisis. What's happening and people. You know, I look at things. And I see it on television. And some horrible mistakes are made. At the same time, we have to give power back to the police because crime is rampant. And I'm a big person that believes in very big-- you know, we need police.
And we need protection. Look, I look at some of the cities. You look at Baltimore. You look at so many different places in this country. Chicago. Certain areas of Chicago. They need strong police protection. And those police can do the job. But their jobs are being taken away from them. At the same time, you've got these other problems. And there's no question about it. They are problems. There is turmoil in our country.
CHUCK TODD: Do you understand why African Americans don't trust the police right now?
DONALD TRUMP: Well, I can certainly see it when I see what's going on. But at the same time, we have to give power back to the police because we have to have law and order. Hundreds of killings are in Baltimore. Hundreds of killings are in Chicago. And New York is not doing so great in terms of that front. And so many other cities.
We have to give strength and power back to the police. And you're always going to have mistakes made. And you're always going to have bad apples. But you can't let that stop the fact that police have to regain some control of this tremendous crime wave and killing wave that's happening in this country.
Of course potted plant Chuck Todd didn't bother to ask him who supposedly took that power away from the police.
I think he’s the only republican that hillary can beat.
Many in the black community thinks the "K" on food symbolizes "KKK," so I tend to take what blacks supposedly think with a grain of salt.
You think Christie, John Ellis Bush, Santorum, Pataki or Graham could beat the Clinton machine?
Hey John, no offense, but lay off of whatever you’re smoking this afternoon.
The first rule of White club is that you don't talk about White club.
Are people on the right so flipping desperate that they now consider Trump saying the same things we say to be a gaffe?
I’ve read this 5 times, and I’m still trying to figure out what he said that was supposedly so terrible.
Do you honestly think Hillary can beat the Truth?
Who or what is, “Heather”?
Me too
“I think he’s the only republican that hillary can beat”.
You serious?
Jeb cannot beat Hillary. Impossible. He gave her a freakin award, for pete's sake. He IS Hillary, with a penis (ahem, maybe I should rephrase that).
Cruz is at 4%. If he can get to 25-30%, God bless him. But he 'aint there. I will not support anyone but Cruz or Trump.
Crooks & Liars is a left-wing blog. They are out to stir the $#*+ against any Republican, especially the frontrunner.
Maybe the police force should = the racial makeup of the community. Would that help?
Is “Heather” on the right? How so?
I figured her for just another Leftist ditz.
Yea. Law and order is lost on poor heather.
It's a TERRIFIC answer. He identified the problem. He has an even handed answer. Law and Order is an absolute, you have to have that. At the same time, the bad apples have to be removed from police departments.
That's called LEADERSHIP. He gave both sides credit; he gave both sides challenges.
“Jeb cannot beat Hillary. Impossible. He gave her a freakin award, for pete’s sake”.
I know that.
“I will not support anyone but Cruz or Trump”.
I can understand not voting for Bush but narrowing it down to Trump or Cruz is foolish. ‘For Pete’s sake’.
That kind of stupid thinking insures Hitlery a win.
And I won’t argue back and forth. ‘For Pete’s sake’.
Probably should ease up just a bit on this too:
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