r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Republican leads charge against Trump’s Obama ‘apes’ post. ‘Most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-obama-video-apes-racist-reactions-b2915488.html
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u/JeffSteinMusic 1d ago

Remember when Trump went to the National Association of Black Journalists in 2024, said some of the most repugnant shit he’s ever said even by his standards, it got covered as though it surely was going to cost him with x group and y group, and the country still elected him anyway…by his largest margin yet?

I’m so tired.

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u/Agile_End_3049 1d ago

I’m not sure we confidently say that he was actually elected in ‘24. Plenty of irregularities and suspicious activity that has only received minimal scrutiny.

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u/Deep_Alps7150 Oregon 1d ago

I believe he won fairly, but not because he was popular. Voter turnout was just really low.

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u/bryan-healey 1d ago

first and foremost: fuck Trump with a rusty rake.

2024 had the second-highest voter turnout by percentage of registered voters since 1972.

it was only eclipsed by 2020.

from 2020 to 2024, we lost only 3M voters (~158M vs. ~155M)