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Liberal_in_LA

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 02:49 PM Jun 2016

DONALD TRUMP IS CHANGING HIS CAMPAIGN SLOGAN TO PROVE HE’S NOT RACIST [View all]

Source: Vanity fair

After a week of nonstop criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike for comments many condemned as racially charged, Donald Trump claims to be altering his campaign to be a little more inclusive. While the presumptive G.O.P. has long promised to “make America great again,” Trump now says he’s adding two words to slogan to illustrate just how non-racist he really is.

“You know, I have the theme ‘make America great again,’ and I've added a couple of things,” Trump announced to supporters at a campaign rally in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday night. “Right now I’m adding make America great again—I’m adding ‘for everyone,’ because it’s really going to be for everyone. It’s not going to be for a group of people, it’s going to be for everyone. It’s true.”

The allegedly amended slogan, which has yet to appear on any official signage or Trump merchandise, comes after the presidential candidate spent the first half of June repeatedly denouncing Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge of Mexican heritage presiding over the Trump University class action lawsuit, as inherently biased against him. (Curiel was born in Indiana.) His comments were widely condemned by the Washington political establishment, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who suggested he may be an idiot, and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who called Trump’s statement the “textbook definition of a racist comment.”


Read more: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/donald-trump-is-changing-his-campaign-slogan-to-prove-hes-not-racist?google_editors_picks=true

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I feel much better now. dinkytron Jun 2016 #1
You even look a little better. trof Jun 2016 #19
That may cause him more trouble Major Nikon Jun 2016 #2
the very thing that came to my mind immediately rurallib Jun 2016 #5
They'll explain it away as Trump just joking lunatica Jun 2016 #36
Making America Hate Everyone? bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #3
Exactly volstork Jun 2016 #10
He's evolving too. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2016 #4
Well, that should fool the blacks, latinos, women, poor, middle class, muslim rurallib Jun 2016 #6
Hear, hear! sofa king Jun 2016 #21
"Make America Great Again for Everyone" PatSeg Jun 2016 #7
Read my lips... 63splitwindow Jun 2016 #8
For Everyone*! NuclearDem Jun 2016 #9
If all the "Great" Plucketeer Jun 2016 #11
Oh, goodie a new slogan! NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #12
Trump unveils new hat design Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #13
That is funny. Thank you for adding a little levity to a depressing subject. yardwork Jun 2016 #34
Now all he has to do is turn his logo into a kinara and he'll be set n/t Scootaloo Jun 2016 #14
Reminds me of the Viva Bush bumper stickers. forest444 Jun 2016 #15
Not enough lipstick on that pig. mahannah Jun 2016 #16
AND, not enough room to print that on the hats. murielm99 Jun 2016 #30
Well, now he's got my vote. That solves all of his problems. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #17
But he still hasn't paid for the old hats he had made postatomic Jun 2016 #18
Well, this changes everything! Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #20
Note to Ivanka: ToxMarz Jun 2016 #22
the hat just got an inch taller Enrique Jun 2016 #23
His followers will hate that ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2016 #24
He's what I call a "racist but" TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #25
Revlon doesn't make enough lipstick to pretty up this pig. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #26
Today in Fla Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #27
If it's for everyone, including me and you, who exactly are we taking our country back from? Iggo Jun 2016 #28
This? pandora nm Jun 2016 #29
TO LATE. REPUBLICANS MAKE AMERICA HATE. Sunlei Jun 2016 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #32
"It's true," Trump lied. Scuba Jun 2016 #33
Hope Media stay all over this Bragi Jun 2016 #35
By everyone, I suppose that also includes that fictional person chelsea0011 Jun 2016 #37
Sorry, cat's out of the bag already. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #38
Y'know, guys, when I read the thread title... jmowreader Jun 2016 #39
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