April Ryan asks Trump if he's gonna meet w/ Congressional Black Caucus
Trump: “Do you wanna set up the meeting? Are they friends of yours?” pic.twitter.com/hvRk3npqtJ
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 16, 2017
omg he is asking the black journalist to set the meeting with the black congresspeople because black folks all know each other ??
— Aminatou Sow (@aminatou) February 16, 2017
Donald Trump tells us that he is the least racist person ever. I would say ‘Donald Trump believes he is the least racist person’, but I’m chary of putting ‘Trump’ and ‘belief’ in the same sentence.
Hi, @realDonaldTrump. We’re the CBC. We sent you a letter on January 19, but you never wrote us back. Sad! Letter: https://t.co/58KiuHmITF
— The CBC (@OfficialCBC) February 16, 2017
Rep. Elijah Cummings on Trump's remarks about @AprilDRyan & the CBC: "A lot of people assume that all black people know all black people." pic.twitter.com/SnN3y8dTo9
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 17, 2017
Translated: Dude, that's Bullshit >>> Cummings: Trump’s Staff Gave Him ‘Incorrect Information’ About Meeting https://t.co/JTFE99ONnr
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 16, 2017
April Ryan, incidentally, is not Donald Trump’s ‘girl’ either (in the Mad Men ‘my girl will set it up with your girl’ sense)…
Ezra rightly focuses on racial aspect of Trump's exchange w/ @AprilDRyan but one could also note gender aspect of "Set up the meeting. https://t.co/gLGJNaxfRY
— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) February 17, 2017
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