Fox News host Lou Dobbs gave President Donald Trump some Twitter fodder on Thursday night by claiming that he’s “done more” for black people in America than anyone since Abraham Lincoln.
During a brief discussion about Trump’s disgraceful State of the Union Address, Dobbs literally ignored all of the accomplishments several presidents have made to improve the lives of African Americans over the last 100 years to slather praise on Trump like a typical hype man.
Needless to say, Trump liked what he heard so much that he directly quoted Dobbs on social media.
“This President has done more for African Americans in this Country than any President since Lincoln.” @LouDobbs
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2020
Trump posted the video, too.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2020
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Again, Dobbs is flagrantly wrong as other presidents have done more for African Americans in this country than Trump ever will.
For example, Harry Truman integrated the armed forces. John F. Kennedy enforced the desegregation of schools and supported what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a landmark law that Lyndon Johnson signed into law after Kennedy’s assassination. Johnson would go on to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Trump has not signed any legislation that rises to the level of those two historical pieces of legislation.
Furthermore, Barack Obama was America’s first black president, who oversaw a significant drop in the black unemployment rate long before Trump ever took office. The poverty rate among African Americans dropped as well, and African American health and education improved. The incarceration rate fell and Obama appointed 62 black judges to lifetime appointments on the courts. He also proved to young black children across the country that skin color cannot prevent them from becoming president someday.
Twitter users were not amused by Dobb’s proclamation.
Donald Trump Loves “the blacks” pt 1
That time he refused to unequivocally denounce Nazis and White Supremacists.
“Very Fine People”pic.twitter.com/bl0ElDTABZ
— Ryan Hill (@RyanHillMI) February 7, 2020
Donald Trump Loves “the blacks” pt 2
The time he called African Countries sh*tholes….pic.twitter.com/Nl49hx4fHl
— Ryan Hill (@RyanHillMI) February 7, 2020
Lou Dobbs is an ignorant, sycophantic, derriere kissing, racist puppet, willing to say anything to curry favor with the Grand Wizard.
https://t.co/n16U1V8nWM https://t.co/n16U1V8nWM
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) February 7, 2020
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and helped free the African American slaves while Trump falsely accused the Central Park 5 of rape and paid the New York Times to publicly call for their brutal executions. Trump also falsely accused Obama of being born in Kenya.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) February 7, 2020
Trump just gave medal of honor to Rush Limbaugh who said this about Blacks:
“The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”
To a Black female caller: “Take that bone out of your nose and call me back” https://t.co/IdZ0kbXtq7— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) February 7, 2020
— Debbie (@Debbie56111656) February 7, 2020
Trump and his supporters are desperate to convince black voters that he’s working for them. But the reality is that Trump only offers them crumbs while pandering to white supremacists. They say black people should be grateful and that they owe Trump something for the little he has done for them. It’s a racist trope that should not win Trump any points come November.
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