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From the DailyKos
Friday, June 17, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016
I don't think Donald Trump is a racists
So the news this week has been about Donald Trump saying in an interview that he thinks the judge that is presiding over his Trump University fraud case should have to step down because there isn't any way the judge could fairly adjudicate the case since he's of Mexican heritage. When asked why this would matter to the judge, whom it was pointed out was born in Indiana, Trump said it was because Trump is going to build a wall.
This has been roundly criticized as being racist, and even Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, said that what Trump said was the "textbook definition" of a racist remark.
While I agree with him that the idea that a man of Mexican heritage can not do a good job because he's of Mexican heritage is a racist remark, I don't think Trump meant it in a racist way. I think Trump just didn't know what he was actually saying. I think he doesn't know the ramifications of what he said. He just has not thought it through because he can't imagine that he would be subject to a logical thought process.
What he thinks, I believe, is that someone who hates him for his ideas has a conflict of interest and therefore should recuse himself. He doesn't understand that the implications for this is that all he has to do is offend every class of citizen but rich white guys and he's never have to be judged by anybody who doesn't like him again. Only judges who were also rich white guys could adjudicate cases involving Trump. He doesn't understand that this is not how our legal system works.
In my mind this is worse than if he was racist. Even a white supremacist could balance a budget, command the Army, and do the things a President is asked to do. We know this because they have done it in the past. But someone who doesn't know the most basic things about how our judicial system works must not be allowed to select the judges of our courts. He can't be put in charge of this country. It just can't happen.
This has been roundly criticized as being racist, and even Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, said that what Trump said was the "textbook definition" of a racist remark.
While I agree with him that the idea that a man of Mexican heritage can not do a good job because he's of Mexican heritage is a racist remark, I don't think Trump meant it in a racist way. I think Trump just didn't know what he was actually saying. I think he doesn't know the ramifications of what he said. He just has not thought it through because he can't imagine that he would be subject to a logical thought process.
What he thinks, I believe, is that someone who hates him for his ideas has a conflict of interest and therefore should recuse himself. He doesn't understand that the implications for this is that all he has to do is offend every class of citizen but rich white guys and he's never have to be judged by anybody who doesn't like him again. Only judges who were also rich white guys could adjudicate cases involving Trump. He doesn't understand that this is not how our legal system works.
In my mind this is worse than if he was racist. Even a white supremacist could balance a budget, command the Army, and do the things a President is asked to do. We know this because they have done it in the past. But someone who doesn't know the most basic things about how our judicial system works must not be allowed to select the judges of our courts. He can't be put in charge of this country. It just can't happen.
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