President Donald Trump on Monday morning reverted back to an old tic on his Twitter account, writing that director Spike Lee had carried out a “racist hit” against him during remarks Sunday at the Academy Awards.
Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President, who has done more for African Americans (Criminal Justice Reform, Lowest Unemployment numbers in History, Tax Cuts,etc.) than almost any other Pres!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2019
Accepting an adapted screenplay Oscar for his film “BlackKklansman,” Lee said: “The 2020 presidential election is around the corner. Let’s all mobilize. Let’s all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love versus hate. Let’s do the right thing!”
Trump’s tweet got us thinking, and we went digging through eight years of the President’s tweets. A pattern emerged: Trump readily hurls accusations of racism at people of color and white political opponents, but scoffs when those same accusations are directed at him.
Among those who’ve been labeled racists by the President, a few names stick out as especially frequent targets: Former President Barack Obama, for one, and the journalist and pundit Touré. But Trump breezily applies the label to others when convenient; black people are labeled racists at three times the rate whites are, The Washington Post reported in August 2017. And Touré and HBO “Real Sports” host Bryant Gumbel appeared to earn the label for comments unrelated to their views about race, the Post noted.
Obama's '07 speech which @DailyCaller just released not only shows that Obama is a racist but also how the press always covers for him.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2012
"@LisaRiv76873320: @realDonaldTrump Who is Bryant Gumbel?" A racist dope with a long and deep record of failure!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2013
In that @TimeWarner has @HBO with really dumb racist Bryant Gumbel(and I mean dumb), and no CBS (which fired Bryant), I am switching bldgs.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2013
The ratings of The Cycle on MSNBC, a sad and pathetic show, are way down. If they fired racist moron @Toure, a truly stupid guy, they live!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2013
@Toure Dumb as a rock Toure doesn't have a clue about money or anything else-merely a simpleton racist.Really bad ratings,really stupid guy
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2013
Isn't it intetesting that anybody who attacks President Obama is considered a racist by the real racists out there!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2013
Why does @ThisWeekABC w/ @GStephanopoulos allow a hater & racist like @tavissmiley to waste good airtime? @ABC can do much better than him!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2016
.@JussieSmollett – what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2019
The white critics Trump has labeled racists include Jon Stewart, the Clintons and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Is Jon Stewart a racist? See video— http://t.co/ZbjW0Tny @thedailyshow
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2011
Wacko pervert @AnthonyWeiner’s idea of Hispanic outreach is using Carlos Danger as his sexting. He’s an insensitive racist.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2013
Remember that Bill Clinton was brought in to help Hillary against Obama in 2008. He was terrible, failed badly, and was called a racist!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2015
Goofy Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to as Pocahontas, pretended to be a Native American in order to advance her career. Very racist!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2016
Also, movies and TV shows.
Django Unchained is the most racist movie I have ever seen, it sucked!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2013
How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled "Blackish"? Can you imagine the furor of a show, "Whiteish"! Racism at highest level?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2014
Trump explained away Obama’s polling advantage among black voters as racism.
NBC Wall St Journal Poll of African American voters: 94% @BarackObama, 0% @MittRomney.Even worse than Hillary's old numbers. Is that racism?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2012
And he’s spent just as much time on Twitter carefully defining the boundaries of racism to exclude himself.
"@Mimekiller: @realDonaldTrump this from the guy who advocated freedom for mike Tyson?" Oh, I guess I'm not a racist!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2013
"@imprimis310: @NBC is the bigot. @realDonaldTrump and @SenTedCruz only speaking the truth about ILLEGAL immigrants"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2015
Mitt Romney had his chance to beat a failed president but he choked like a dog. Now he calls me racist-but I am least racist person there is
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2016
Don King, and so many other African Americans who know me well and endorsed me, would not have done so if they thought I was a racist!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2016
"@RhondaR: Thank-You Clarence Henderson for telling @cnn you know racism & it's not DonaldTrump https://t.co/fSBPxZU8Gu via @BreitbartNews"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2016
Once, Trump condemned racism outright on Twitter — albeit he included “all types of racism” — after a year of political pressure following one of his most racist comments as President. A year earlier, Trump asserted there were “some very fine people on both sides” of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. We must come together as a nation. I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. Peace to ALL Americans!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 11, 2018
Have we impeached the motherfucker yet?
Could we possibly do that by Friday please? God I’m sick of this shit.
Trump a racist? Pfft. He’s a person of color himself. It’s just that the color is orange.
I await the day when someone of authority steps forward and proclaims that “Our long national nightmare is over,” but it damn well better not be Mike Pence!
I assume this falls into the (white supremacy/privilege-protecting) mode of “it’s racist to TALK about race”.
If only he were tonguetheid.