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Trump wants GOP to court black voters -- then slams voting rights for felons
WCVB.COM ^ | 20 AUGUST 2016 | CNN

Posted on 08/20/2016 6:16:08 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

But in the same speech here, he again slammed an order by the state's Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, to restore voting rights to some convicted felons who have completed their sentences, a move McAuliffe says could help African-Americans who were disproportionally affected by laws that put lifetime bans on felons.

"The GOP is the party of Abraham Lincoln," Trump said. "I want our party to be the home of the African-American voter once again."

(Excerpt) Read more at wcvb.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: blackvote; felonvote; mcauliffe; trump; va2016
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1 posted on 08/20/2016 6:16:08 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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>>McAuliffe says could help African-Americans who were disproportionally affected by laws that put lifetime bans on felons

I don’t think he knows what “disproportionate” means. Are blacks banned for voting for 2 lifetimes while whites are only banned for one?

You commit a felony, you are banned for life. Don’t commit felonies. So simple a caveman could figure it out.


2 posted on 08/20/2016 6:18:34 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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Is WCVB suggesting that African-Americans are felons?


3 posted on 08/20/2016 6:18:41 PM PDT by jtal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Isn’t it “racist” of CNN and McAuliffe to equate felon and negro?


4 posted on 08/20/2016 6:19:51 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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Well not all felons are black, so why are people claiming this is somehow against blacks?

The reason you don’t give crooks/felons a vote is because then politicians will pander and we don’t need a pandering felon lobby.


5 posted on 08/20/2016 6:20:28 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

This is racist. It appears that somebody on the left (Terrible Terry McAuliffe) thinks that all black voters are felons.


6 posted on 08/20/2016 6:20:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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Mr. Trump is right on both counts - inviting African American voters to ditch the d**** Dems who have never done anything for them except destroy the black family - and blasting the “felons who can vote” train that is working it’s way through Dem governorships. The felon vote is likely to go to Hitlery.

Mr. Trump is right on to highlight this travesty.


7 posted on 08/20/2016 6:21:18 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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Are law-abiding African Americans really upset if felons lose the vote?

Has anybody asked them?

8 posted on 08/20/2016 6:21:32 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Some learn by readin'... Some by seein'.. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.)
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To: Bryanw92

You can commit all the felonies you want. Avoiding conviction is the trick.


9 posted on 08/20/2016 6:22:08 PM PDT by disndat
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<< Is WCVB suggesting that African-Americans are felons? >>

That was my immediate thought. Sheesh.

10 posted on 08/20/2016 6:22:56 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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I wasn’t aware all Felons were Black.


11 posted on 08/20/2016 6:23:44 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary Clinton has killed FIVE* more People than Three Mile Island. *revised...)
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So the left-wing media thinks all blacks are felons? Is that it?


12 posted on 08/20/2016 6:24:46 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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>>You can commit all the felonies you want. Avoiding conviction is the trick.

I guess that’s the fundamental problem. I believe that not committing felonies is the key. Others believe that not getting convicted is the key.

My way is almost 100% foolproof. What’s the success rate on your?


13 posted on 08/20/2016 6:24:46 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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Trump used the term “Law Abiding” when talking about how Crime affects Inner City Blacks, Law Abiding Inner City Blacks.


14 posted on 08/20/2016 6:26:28 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary Clinton has killed FIVE* more People than Three Mile Island. *revised...)
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If you were to go on a concerted hunt for the demographic that is most dependent on, and appreciative of strong policing, it would not be the white male Republican voter.

It's the single black mom in the hood.

They want a decent school for those bastard children too.

15 posted on 08/20/2016 6:27:04 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Bryanw92

I was thinking more along the lines of hillary.

Felons that have paid their debt should have all rights restored.


16 posted on 08/20/2016 6:27:09 PM PDT by disndat
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Actually.....here's the facts.

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/Voting/fl/List-of-States-Where-Felons-Can-and-Cant-Vote.htm

17 posted on 08/20/2016 6:29:05 PM PDT by Osage Orange (You hurt my family...you better watch your six.)
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Are all blacks felons then? It’s a good law.


18 posted on 08/20/2016 6:31:25 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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Is WCVB suggesting that African-Americans are felons?

Yup. Scratch the surface a leftist and the core plantation massah becomes readily evident.

19 posted on 08/20/2016 6:34:05 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (If Trump loses, America dies)
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Hilarious. In their world blacks equal felons. Incredible.


20 posted on 08/20/2016 6:35:31 PM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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