I’m a smart person and know that racism has an ugly past in the Democratic Party. Since the beginning of our Republic, the Democratic Party has been the party of slavery, of segregation.
We’ve been trying to rewrite history and have pointed fingers at the other side and the manipulation of the electorate is crafty and pure genius. Voters have no idea what’s happening, and they believe what I say. Lies. Skillful.
No one seems to remember me calling young black men “super-predators” or making jokes about Mahatma Gandhi. They don’t point out that, as a senator, I voted to construct a wall between the US and Mexico. No one talks about me and my campaign circulating pictures of Obama in full Muslim garb or being in the birther movement myself. No one brings up that Bill made a joke that “a few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee” about Obama when I was running against him in the primaries. I have personally been against illegal immigration and called those in the country illegally “illegal aliens.” I’ve made anti-Semitic comments, called disabled children “retards” and disparaged American Indians.
But I can stand up and point a finger at Trump and they all believe I’m the one wearing the White Hat. I’m the pious progressive while the Republicans are the party making people “hate again.” Nothing to do with me making this election about race. That’s not hateful and low? Of course it is. But, the voters will run from him while I laugh. It’s laughable.
But truly the saddest part is the Democratic Party is the party killing the inner cities. Ruining the black neighborhoods. Hurting the chances of the communities of color. Obama and his policies, which I will continue, has made the areas of color go from bad to worse. Democrats run the 10 poorest cities in America. Our policies have been failing for many years.
The electorate is so easily manipulated, they keep voting for the Democrats in these areas, even though each year the cities get poorer and less safe. On the other side, Republican mayors and Governors have made tremendous strides in improving states and cities. But the manipulation, the false trust that we have instilled in the black and poor communities is nothing short of pure brilliance. What have they got to lose in voting for Trump? Nothing. But they will continue to go to the polls and vote for me and the Democrats even though we have failed them and will continue to fail them. Brilliant.
I’m going to pat myself on the back and rest today. Good job tearing apart the country and being incredibly divisive. And, great job making the voters believe it’s all Trump’s fault.
More later.