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Former President Trump on Wednesday clashed with an ABC News correspondent at a convention of Black journalists, slamming her “disgraceful” questioning after she asked why Black voters should trust him with another term.

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[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

This was also my take-away from a similar article I read earlier. Why not simple ask, "such as?" or, "yes, please remind the voters what you've done for Black Americans."?

From 2020 - https://www.vox.com/21524499/what-trump-has-done-for-black-people
•Trump passed a significant criminal justice reform measure, but his administration has worked to undo it
• Black employment gains before the pandemic were real — but not the result of Trump’s presidential term
• Trump’s claims on poverty don’t tell the full story of racial disparity
• The mechanism for funding HBCUs has very little to do with Trump

Trump does indeed deserve some credit with criminal justice reform. It's arguably the only good thing he did in four years. It's certainly nothing to give any credence to "best since Lincoln".

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/12/18/18140973/state-of-the-union-trump-first-step-act-criminal-justice-reform

The First Step Act, which passed with overwhelming support from Republicans and Democrats, takes modest steps to alter the federal criminal justice system and ease very punitive prison sentences at the federal level. It affects only the federal system — which, with about 181,000 imprisoned people, holds a small but significant fraction of the US jail and prison population of 2.1 million.
Essentially, the law allows thousands of people to earn an earlier release from prison and could cut many more prison sentences in the future.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Can we even be certain that the criminal justice reform was not just his way of making things easier for himself, as a criminal who would eventually face justice?

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

You know he doesn't remember any of that and would instead go on yet another rant about how "Mexicans are taking Black jobs"

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