BET founder Bob Johnson: "Black Americans should give Trump a chance"...
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/politics/bet-founder-bob-johnson-donald-trump-meeting/
BET founder: Trump 'committed to reaching out to African-Americans'
(CNN)The founder of BET said Monday night he is optimistic the lives of African-Americans could improve under President-elect Donald Trump after meeting with him Sunday.
Bob Johnson, who supported Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, told CNN's "Erin Burnett Outfront" that he had a positive and frank discussion with Trump at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, adding that, "I came away from the meeting understanding that President Trump is committed to reaching out to African-Americans."
Johnson said he told Trump, "Don't say to black Americans, 'What do you have to lose?' say to black Americans 'What do you have to gain by a Trump presidency?' " He said they discussed a number of issues that could benefit the black community if they were implemented by the Trump administration.
Responding to video of an alt-right group leader declaring "Hail Trump," Johnson said, "I know that there are people like that in America. It's been that way ever since slavery existed in this country and they're not going to go away tomorrow or the next day."
He said Trump and his team "gotta show me what they're going to deliver to make those kind of silly ? behavior(s) irrelevant to black America."
Johnson added that he believes Trump and his administration reject that kind of behavior.
Johnson also ruled out serving in a Trump administration, saying he has no interest in serving in the government.
But he urged African-Americans to keep an open mind about supporting Trump, saying, "If black Americans can turn the Republican Party into a friend, they should do it. If they can keep the Democratic Party as a friend, they should do it. Our interests should focus on our self-interests and not be locked in one party or ignored by the other party. And as President (Barack) Obama and Hillary Clinton said, if we can find common ground with President-elect Trump, we ought to do it in the best interest of African-Americans and the best interest of the country."
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A lotta old negros think like this.
Forgive and forget, turn the other cheek, blah, blah, blah...
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...pass.
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No ? him gotdammit
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Black folks really need to stop saying give him a chance. Some of is don't want to and some have tried and that sh-t doesn't work.
Also...
F-CK BOB JOHNSON! -
His weak ass is only saying that because he is out to break bread with Trump
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Both bob Johnson and Dave Chappelle are correct we should trump a chance
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Serious question, what did Trump do to black people again? I must've missed it.
I'm legit confused why black people get all in their feelings whenever Trump's name comes up. -
This is crazy.
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This whole ? everybody who don't talk down on Trump is corny
? love making Twitter funnies, nobody wanna get ? though -
? that ? ever since he sold out and sold BET.
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Just want to know what we can gained from his tax breaks and how he is gonna help small business and corporate businesses.
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Never gave a ? bout Bob Johnson n what he thinks.
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Who cares about Bob Johnson? Why should anybody care what he thinks?
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"If black Americans can turn the Republican Party into a friend, they should do it. If they can keep the Democratic Party as a friend, they should do it. Our interests should focus on our self-interests and not be locked in one party or ignored by the other party. And as President (Barack) Obama and Hillary Clinton said, if we can find common ground with President-elect Trump, we ought to do it in the best interest of African-Americans and the best interest of the country."
Not opposed to this statement but this idea that the guy who is giving white house positions to white supremacists deserves a chance has me befuddled.
A chance to do what?
Are we supposed to ignore all the blatant and open racists dude is hiring?
He is owed nothing, he gets nothing. Now that we see who he wants to work with he deserves nothing. -
I didn't know Bob Johnson was a ? . Anybody that supports Trump is either a white supremacist or a ? . NO EXCEPTION.
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A whole bunch of yes ? ass ? . People quick to ignore that most bigots are sociopaths by nature, trump got endorsed by David duke and has closet ? members as head in the oval office.
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HELL, we've trusted numerous closeted bigots in the past. I see the premise tho. Ain't nobody else done anything for us so might as well c what he can do. That's all we can do @ this point. He might surprise our ? . Remember, we black ( most of us) and it don't take much required 4 us 2 come up!
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@nothingbutthetruth....1st he was sued for discrimination against "COLORED" people by marking applications with "C" for apartment rentals. 2nd he took out a full page article that called for the death penalty for the black teens in new york that were arrested for ? a white woman in cemtral park. They were later found not guilty by dna. He never apologized. He also retweeted a false black on black crime statistics chart that even fox news said was false. When confronted about it he said he didnt know if the numbers were accurate and that he doesnt have time to verify information...smh but he will now be the most powerful man in the world. Not to mention his kkk and alt-right cabinet selections. But nothing really to be alarmed by...
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You know who else was racist??? LBJ and he signed the civil rights bill....the key to effective political action is to get your opponents to do what they on first instinct don't want to do
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Boondocks more or less called this
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You know who else was racist??? LBJ and he signed the civil rights bill....the key to effective political action is to get your opponents to do what they on first instinct don't want to do
What bill is trump and the alt right gonna sign for ? ?
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I don't know he isn't president yet... the point is wait until he actually starts governing -
We dont have to give him anything he chose to be a public civil servant , its mostly a thankless job , these people need to stop setting the bar so low for this ? and keep messaging his fragile ego, we aint gatta do anything but hold him to the highest level of scrutiny since he is the least qualified president elect.
Why the ? is he speaking in private to cooperate ceos than to the general american public.
