Trump Condemns Budget Cuts to NYPD, Calls ‘Black Lives Matter’ A ‘Symbol Of Hate’ | Talking Points Memo

President Trump criticized New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday for the second-term mayor’s decision to cut roughly $1 billion from the city’s police department budget.


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Anyone who sees Black Lives Matter as a symbol of hate - hates blacks.

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As if Trump gives a rat’s ass about the police, BLM, or anything beyond his own self-aggrandizement, the need for adulation, and to get votes. Sociopath.

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Yup, he’s still trying to whip up his base. It is all that he has left.

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He’s really not going to like seeing Black Lives Matter painted on basketball courts in Orlando.

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Almost correct. BLM is a symbol of everything that Trump and his followers hate.

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Right.

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“I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.”
— Dr. Cadet Bone Spurs

“MAGA loves the blacks.”
— ibid.

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“Maybe seeing it outside of his doorstep will help him get the point,” de Blasio said

Non-starter right there.

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I want BLM spray painted on every building along the route between the WH and his Virginia
golf course.

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Dog alpenhorns?

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I would hypothesize instead that he’s just expressing his actual beliefs.

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I’m still taking bets on when he actually breaks down and uses the N word. Sure, we know he probably says it every damn day behind closed doors, but it seems like he’s inching ever closer to just saying it publicly.

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Yard signs will suffice.

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Survival is Job 1. Everything he does is in service of his Prime Directive: “I’m #1!”.

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Says the epitome and superspreader of hate…

Look no further than your gilded mirror - you hateful treasonous traitorous thug!

We know why you are defending the police…
You want them to be your personal attack dogs…
So you can have a photo-op!

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The worse the dementia, the more you see those core beliefs pop up.

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Holy ginormous dog whistle, Batman!

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Good stuff starts about 1 minute in…

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City of Chicago is considering painting “Black Lives Matter” on the street directly opposite Trump Tower.

Please proceed…

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