Swordsmyth
11-08-2018, 03:13 PM
Donald Trump (http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/DonaldTrump) has accused a reporter who asked him if his campaign rhetoric in the lead-up to the US midterm elections had emboldened white nationalists of posing a “racist question”.
The president attacked PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor over her line of questioning on Wednesday at a fiery press conference in Washington.
Mr Trump defended the comments made during a speech at a campaign rally ahead of the midterms (http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/midterms), in which he described himself as a “nationalist”.
“On the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist, some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists,” Ms Alcindor began.
“I don’t know why you’d say that,” Mr Trump said, cutting off the reporter. “That’s such a racist question.”
Ms Alcindor continued: “There are some people that say the Republican Party is seen as supporting white nationalists because of your rhetoric,” prompting the president to sigh in exasperated fashion.
“I don’t believe it,” Mr Trump replied. “Why do I have my highest poll numbers ever with African Americans? Why do I have among the highest poll numbers with African Americans?
"I mean, why do I have my higher poll numbers?" Mr Trump continued. "That’s such a racist question".
Ms Alcindor then attempted to ask another question, but was cut off by the president, who called the question "insulting".
"You know what the word is? I love our country. I do. You have nationalists. You have globalists," Mr Trump said. "I also love the world, and I don’t mind helping the world, but we have to straighten out our country first. We have a lot of problems".
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-accuses-black-reporter-racist-195400137.html
The president attacked PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor over her line of questioning on Wednesday at a fiery press conference in Washington.
Mr Trump defended the comments made during a speech at a campaign rally ahead of the midterms (http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/midterms), in which he described himself as a “nationalist”.
“On the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist, some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists,” Ms Alcindor began.
“I don’t know why you’d say that,” Mr Trump said, cutting off the reporter. “That’s such a racist question.”
Ms Alcindor continued: “There are some people that say the Republican Party is seen as supporting white nationalists because of your rhetoric,” prompting the president to sigh in exasperated fashion.
“I don’t believe it,” Mr Trump replied. “Why do I have my highest poll numbers ever with African Americans? Why do I have among the highest poll numbers with African Americans?
"I mean, why do I have my higher poll numbers?" Mr Trump continued. "That’s such a racist question".
Ms Alcindor then attempted to ask another question, but was cut off by the president, who called the question "insulting".
"You know what the word is? I love our country. I do. You have nationalists. You have globalists," Mr Trump said. "I also love the world, and I don’t mind helping the world, but we have to straighten out our country first. We have a lot of problems".
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-accuses-black-reporter-racist-195400137.html