Trump Accuses Spike Lee Of ‘Racist Hit’ Against Him During Oscars Speech

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 24: Spike Lee accepts the Adapted Screenplay award for 'BlacKkKlansman' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (... HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 24: Spike Lee accepts the Adapted Screenplay award for 'BlacKkKlansman' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump accused director Spike Lee of using his Oscars acceptance speech to make a “racist hit” against the President Sunday night.

Lee, who along with three others won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for “BlacKkKlansman,” traced his family’s origins to the first slaves brought to America from Africa in his speech and called on the audience to “mobilize” for 2020 to “regain our humanity.”

“Let’s all be on the right side of history,” he said “Make the moral choice between love versus hate. Let’s do the right thing! You know I had to get that in there.”

He did not mention Trump by name.

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  1. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    Be nicer if tRump would just go AWAY

  2. Avatar for easydm easydm says:

    Interesting how Spike really got under Twitler’s skin without even mentioning him by name. More please.

  3. As Jeff Foxworthy might say…

    If you hear a message that talks about love triumphing over hate,

    And you think that they’re insulting you personally,

    …You might be a racist.

  4. https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/1100000288377892864


    when doing his racist hit on your President

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/today-marks-five-years-from-when-trump-offered-5-million_us_59ef8c58e4b04809c05011ae

    Donald Trump has offered $5 million to Barack Obama to release his college records and passport applications in a shameless grandstand challenge, which funnily enough is the same amount that WWE the Vince and Linda McMahon Family Foundation Vince McMahon “personally” gave to Trump’s own charitable foundation for his past WWE appearances.

  5. “… regain our humanity.” “Let’s all be on the right side of history,” he said “Make the moral choice between love versus hate."

    Sorry, Mr. Stable Genius, but I don’t see anything racist in that. Nor a “hit job” of any kind. Nor you even mentioned.

    i guess it must just be that a person of color said it, and it’s spot on correct. Oh, and the fact that Spike Lee is more intelligent and more talented than you makes it hurt even more, doesn’t it?

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