"James Troup boldly went to Donald Trump’s Dayton, Ohio, rally last
weekend to silently observe the crowd’s response to Trump’s rhetoric and
people of color within the audience. Troup’s account of his experience
is going viral.

According to Troup, the crowd was mostly white, with a small number
of people of color scattered throughout the audience. A big part of the
billionaire Republican front-runner’s message that night was based on
fear:

“He told Ohioans that only oil was propping up their state and that
their economy was in serious trouble. He said this over and over again,”
Troup wrote. “He also told the crowd that ISIS was out to kill them.
That ISIS was putting 50 people at a time in cages and drowning them in
the ocean. And that we had to kill them first.”

Then, Troup noted that the rally took a noticeably darker turn:
“Cheers for water boarding. Cheers for torture. Calls to cut off
their heads… They loved everything that was being said. The calls for
the wall. The calls to blow up oil fields. The calls to torture and kill
people.”

Bill O’Reilly asked Donald Trump tonight if his birtherism has hurt him with black voters.

No, he didn’t try to nail down Trump on whether he still thinks that nonsense. No, he didn’t find it important that Trump may or may not still believe an insane conspiracy theory about the sitting President of the United States.

He just asked if it hurts his poll numbers.

Trump said “I don’t know, I have no idea” before pointing out he doesn’t talk about it anymore.



O’Reilly asked Donald Trump tonight if his birtherism has hurt him with black voters.

No, he didn’t try to nail down Trump on whether he still thinks that nonsense. No, he didn’t find it important that Trump may or may not still believe an insane conspiracy theory about the sitting President of the United States.

He just asked if it hurts his poll numbers.

Trump said “I don’t know, I have no idea” before pointing out he doesn’t talk about it anymore.

Which, honestly, is kind of an insufficient answer.

CNN’s Dana Bash said what many voters have long suspected. The media has lowered the bar for Donald Trump and goes easier on him with their coverage because they expect less out of the GOP nominee.

Bash was talking about the presidential debates when she provided a perfect example of the media’s double standard in the way they cover Trump and Clinton.

Dana Bash said, “I think the stakes are much higher in this debate and all the debates for Hillary Clinton because the expectations are higher for her because she’s a seasoned politician. She’s a seasoned debater. You know, yes we saw Donald Trump in the primaries debate for the first time, but he is a first-time politician. So um, for lots of reasons. Maybe it’s not fair, but that’s the way it is. The onus is on her.”

Since when does being a first-time candidate mean that the media expects less and grades on a curve?