Former President Donald Trump claims his multiple criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination.

Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system.

Trump argues he is the victim of political persecution, even though there is no evidence President Joe Biden or White House officials influenced the filing of 91 felony charges against him. Earlier in the week, Trump compared himself to Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top domestic rival, who died in a remote Arctic prison after being jailed by the Kremlin leader.

“I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing,” Trump told a black-tie event for Black conservatives in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s Republican primary. “And a lot of people said that’s why the Black people like me, because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against. It’s been pretty amazing but possibly, maybe, there’s something there.”

      • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Ah fair enough. While the behavior may be different I’m increasingly convinced the thoughts and motivations have remained the same.

        • MxM111@kbin.social
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          9 months ago

          I really do not think so. Trump is clinically narcistic and sociopathic and his thoughts and motivation are totally screwy, even for republican.

          • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            9 months ago

            We’ll have to agree to disagree given how unpopular it remains to this day to come out against Trump as a Republican. I know it’s being done, but they supported him for years, and many still do. And yes that includes any rank and file who continued to vote R and weren’t on a letter writing campaign to their representatives the entire time asking them WTF they were doing to the country.

            • MxM111@kbin.social
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              9 months ago

              Oh! The republican behavior is similar to the past. “Though shell not vote against republican” even if it is Trump. The Trump himself, however, is unique.

              • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                9 months ago

                Ah we’ve been slightly talking past each other then. My apologies if I misconstrued prior context. 🙂

                • MxM111@kbin.social
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                  9 months ago

                  Yeah, I got this gist. I was always talking about Trump himself, since he was a topic of the original post. And it looks like you were expanding conversation to the republican party, which I did not catch. I do not think we have actual disagreements then.