Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system.

Trump argues he is the victim of political persecution, even though there is no evidence President Joe Biden or White House officials influenced the filing of 91 felony charges against him. Earlier in the week, Trump compared himself to Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top domestic rival, who died in a remote Arctic prison after being jailed by the Kremlin leader.

“I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing,” Trump told a black-tie event for Black conservatives in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s Republican primary. “And a lot of people said that’s why the Black people like me, because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against. It’s been pretty amazing but possibly, maybe, there’s something there.”

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    8 months ago

    Trump just jumbles whatever the last few people he talked to told him and regurgitates it. He surrounds himself with an ever-changing mire of idiots and racists of all kinds.

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      Don’t excuse the rest of the party, Trump is just leading the ones too stupid to keep quiet about the racism.

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        These groups are very insular. At mar-a-lago over cocktails or whatever, you can probably spout of classist nonsense without anyone batting an eye with polite silence greeting really overt racism. I seriously doubt anyone there would stand up and challenge you saying that kind of thing.

        But I’m guessing these people go way further behind closed doors. And this is how they think what they say is acceptable. The more insular, the bigger the gap between between what real people think is ok and what the people in these privileged spaces think is ok.

        What we need is for someone to leak video of Trump saying the stuff they say in backrooms. If you’ll recall there is precedent for this.

        Search your favorite way for “Trump leaked audio”.

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        It’s a delicate balance between courting the black vote and not alienating their base of ignorant rednecks and full on white supremacists