Publicado em 14 de jan de 2018
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. In attendance for the historic occasion was MLK’s nephew, Isaac Newton Farris Jr., who gave short remarks about his uncle’s legacy and thanked President Trump for the proclamation. Afterwards, CNN asked Farris if he believes Donald Trump is a “racist,” and they were stunned by his response.
President Trump on Friday signed a historic proclamation in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the White House. He was joined by Dr. Ben Carson and MLK’s nephew, Isaac Newton Farris Jr.
The president praised Martin Luther King Jr. for standing up for the rights of African-Americans, and emphasized the importance of equality.
“Today we celebrate Dr. King for standing up for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God,” Mr. Trump said. [Source: CBS News]
The mere fact that President Donald Trump honored an African-American icon at the White House on Friday should have put to bed any lingering impressions that he is a racist. However, instead of employing any common sense, CNN decided to raise that question when they spoke to the nephew of Martin Luther King Jr.
In an interview after Trump signed the proclamation honoring MLK, CNN asked his nephew, Isaac Newton Farris Jr., what the president said to him in private. Farris said that Trump told him, “I’m not the guy being described in the media.”
Apparently seeing an opening to accuse Trump of racism, CNN then asked Farris if he thinks Trump is racist. Farris replied, “I don’t think that President Trump is a racist in the traditional sense as we know in this country. I think President Trump is racially ignorant or racially uninformed. But I don’t think that he’s a racist in the traditional sense.”
Stunned that Farris would not call the president a racist, CNN asked their guest what he meant. “It means that we have him until 2020 or until something else happens,” said MLK’s nephew.
CNN was obviously hoping that this black man would be willing to label Trump a racist on national television, but that’s not the way the interview unfolded at all. To the contrary, Farris very plainly stated that Trump is not a racist.
Alveda King expressed the same sentiment when she appeared on Fox News:
Despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, the media continues to dwell on the narrative that President Donald Trump is a racist. They do this, of course, because they cannot attack him for any legitimate reason. After all, his presidency thus far has been a resounding success. He has all but defeated ISIS, he has brought hundreds of thousands of jobs back to America, and he has turned the economy around, with the stock market reaching record numbers on a weekly basis. All of this has occurred in just eleven months.
And so, the media cannot say that Trump has not delivered on the promises he made to Americans on the campaign trail. They cannot say he is sitting idly by and doing nothing. They cannot say he has failed. Thus, they resort to calling him a racist in a last-ditch effort to drum up opposition to the man who will very easily win re-election in 2020 if his track record so far is any indication of what the next three years have in store.
This two-bit strategy will not work. It didn’t the first time around, and it will not prevail this time either.
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President Trump on Friday signed a historic proclamation in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the White House. He was joined by Dr. Ben Carson and MLK’s nephew, Isaac Newton Farris Jr.
The president praised Martin Luther King Jr. for standing up for the rights of African-Americans, and emphasized the importance of equality.
“Today we celebrate Dr. King for standing up for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God,” Mr. Trump said. [Source: CBS News]
The mere fact that President Donald Trump honored an African-American icon at the White House on Friday should have put to bed any lingering impressions that he is a racist. However, instead of employing any common sense, CNN decided to raise that question when they spoke to the nephew of Martin Luther King Jr.
In an interview after Trump signed the proclamation honoring MLK, CNN asked his nephew, Isaac Newton Farris Jr., what the president said to him in private. Farris said that Trump told him, “I’m not the guy being described in the media.”
Apparently seeing an opening to accuse Trump of racism, CNN then asked Farris if he thinks Trump is racist. Farris replied, “I don’t think that President Trump is a racist in the traditional sense as we know in this country. I think President Trump is racially ignorant or racially uninformed. But I don’t think that he’s a racist in the traditional sense.”
Stunned that Farris would not call the president a racist, CNN asked their guest what he meant. “It means that we have him until 2020 or until something else happens,” said MLK’s nephew.
CNN was obviously hoping that this black man would be willing to label Trump a racist on national television, but that’s not the way the interview unfolded at all. To the contrary, Farris very plainly stated that Trump is not a racist.
Alveda King expressed the same sentiment when she appeared on Fox News:
Despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, the media continues to dwell on the narrative that President Donald Trump is a racist. They do this, of course, because they cannot attack him for any legitimate reason. After all, his presidency thus far has been a resounding success. He has all but defeated ISIS, he has brought hundreds of thousands of jobs back to America, and he has turned the economy around, with the stock market reaching record numbers on a weekly basis. All of this has occurred in just eleven months.
And so, the media cannot say that Trump has not delivered on the promises he made to Americans on the campaign trail. They cannot say he is sitting idly by and doing nothing. They cannot say he has failed. Thus, they resort to calling him a racist in a last-ditch effort to drum up opposition to the man who will very easily win re-election in 2020 if his track record so far is any indication of what the next three years have in store.
This two-bit strategy will not work. It didn’t the first time around, and it will not prevail this time either.
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