The Trump campaign is having a meltdown after Donald Trump wrote a series of tweets that were so racists that their racism couldn’t be denied.
Trump campaign can’t answer for racist tweets
The Trump campaign has responded to Trump’s racist attack against non-white Democratic congresswoman by claiming that everyone is lying:
Anyone who says the president told members of Congress to go back to where they came from is lying.
He told them to “Then come back and show us how it is done.†pic.twitter.com/7pmb0DNz1c
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— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) July 14, 2019
Trump’s campaign spokesman even claimed that Twitter was lying:
So @TwitterMoments is lying pic.twitter.com/1E6tEAFaWN
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) July 14, 2019
Trump used a racist bullhorn instead of a dogwhistle
Trump doesn’t do subtle. As his political fortunes are sinking, Trump is getting more overt and desperate with his racism. According to the Trump campaign, everyone else is lying about the exact words that Donald Trump tweeted for the world to see. The campaign of a president who lies dozens of times a day wants the nation to believe that everyone else is lying about something that is visible in black and white for all to see.
Republicans used to masters of the racial dog whistle, but Trump has turned that into a Twitter bullhorn that undeniable but only his most loyal followers and corporate media empires who depend on Trump’s presidency for their financial bottom line.
There is no way to spin the meaning of Trump’s tweets. Saying nuh-uh and liar might work on the playground, but not for a presidential campaign.
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