Instead, in an effort to be seen standing near African-Americans, Trump flew from NYC (after appearing on a fellow reality star's show), to visit a Flint church.
There, he rehearsed a new formulation. According to the NYT—
"It used to be cars were made in Flint and you couldn't drink the water in Mexico," Mr. Trump told the crowd, repeating a line he said earlier in the day. "Now, the cars are made in Mexico and you can’t drink the water in Flint...."Although this is right up the narrow alley that passes for a thought process in Trump, it might sound rather different to people who are experts about Flint; after all, they are the ones who've experienced the political disenfranchisement and environmental disaster inflicted on their city. But, in another Trump formulation, Those people are already losers; what more can they lose?
Video of what also happened at the event—
The words of Rude Pundit are a thing of beauty.
Beautiful, because truth is beautiful.
{Pastor] Timmons did in one respectful, firm, polite gesture what 16 Republican candidates and thousands of protesters couldn't. She cornered Trump and make his swagger disappear and shoved the con job up his ass.
At this point in this stupid, endless goddamned election, it's apparent that the nation needs black Americans to save it. Between polls that show Trump polling worse than bed bugs and Macklemore among African Americans, the actions today by Rev. Timmons, and Don't-give-a-fuck Obama in full swing on the campaign trail, it's good to know that at least a few Americans completely understand what Hillary Clinton meant about the voters who support Trump.
At least some Americans get that this election isn't a fantasy without any real-world consequences.
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