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'Why the hell did I do that?': Trump 'went s---house crazy' when criminal-justice reforms failed to improve his polling with Black voters, report says

  

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Via:  tessylo  •  4 years ago  •  6 comments

By:   Oma Seddiq, Business Insider

'Why the hell did I do that?': Trump 'went s---house crazy' when criminal-justice reforms failed to improve his polling with Black voters, report says

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'Why the hell did I do that?': Trump 'went s---house crazy' when criminal-justice reforms failed to improve his polling with Black voters, report says





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Trump reportedly furious after legislation didn't improve polling numbers among Black voters

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  • President Donald Trump reportedly scolded his senior aides after criminal-justice reforms passed under his administration failed to energize Black voters.

  • "Why the hell did I do that?" Trump said, according to administration officials who spoke with The Washington Post.

  • Trump has tried to boost his standing among Black voters, though polling figures show he is trailing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in terms of support.

President Donald Trump reportedly "went s---house crazy" after a criminal-justice policy he implemented failed to improve his polling numbers among Black voters.

"Why the hell did I do that?" Trump yelled at his senior aides, current and former administration officials told   The Washington Post .

The legislation in question, called the First Step Act, aimed to tackle major racial disparities in the prison system that disproportionately affect Black people as a result of decades-long mass incarceration. Since the bill passed in 2018, about 4,700 incarcerated people have been released or had their prison sentences reduced, The Post reported on Wednesday.

Trump initially refused to support the initiative and changed his mind only when senior aides informed him it would better his weak standing with Black voters, according to The Post.

The move didn't have the intended effect, however, driving the president "s---house crazy," an ex-Trump administration official told the news outlet.

The Post also reported that Trump scolded his then-adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman for working to increase funding for historically Black colleges and universities because the move failed to garner support among Black voters. Manigault Newman served from the start of his presidency until December 2017.

"You've been at this for four months, Omarosa," Trump said, according to The Post. "But the numbers haven't budged."

Critics have said Trump works to benefit his reelection purposes, not the country. His former national security adviser John Bolton, for example, has   previously said   Trump has manipulated the powers of his office to increase his chances of winning a second term. Democrats have made similar allegations, which were key during the president's impeachment proceedings.

Trump has long fared poorly with Black voters, despite his attempts to appeal to the electorate. As a candidate,   exit polling in 2016   showed he gained only 8% of their votes, compared with then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's overwhelming majority of 88%.

Fast-forward to 2020, and that figure has remained largely unchanged.   Recent polling by the Pew Research Center   indicated that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had a nearly 89% lead over Trump among Black voters.

Still, Trump's reelection campaign has pursued new strategies to appeal to Black voters in recent months, such as launching Black Voices for Trump and featuring a handful of Black speakers at the Republican National Convention. And Trump has repeatedly claimed he has "done more for Black Americans" than any other president   besides Abraham Lincoln .

These efforts, however, coincide with Trump facing criticism for his condemnation of Black Lives Matter protests and refusal to acknowledge systemic racism in the US. In a conversation with the veteran journalist Bob Woodward, Trump also dismissed the concept of "white privilege," adding that   he felt no responsibility   to better understand how Black people feel.

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Tessylo
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1  seeder  Tessylo    4 years ago

President Donald Trump reportedly "went s---house crazy" after a criminal-justice policy he implemented failed to improve his polling numbers among Black voters.

"Why the hell did I do that?" Trump yelled at his senior aides, current and former administration officials told      The Washington Post   .

The legislation in question, called the First Step Act, aimed to tackle major racial disparities in the prison system that disproportionately affect Black people as a result of decades-long mass incarceration. Since the bill passed in 2018, about 4,700 incarcerated people have been released or had their prison sentences reduced, The Post reported on Wednesday.

Trump initially refused to support the initiative and changed his mind only when senior aides informed him it would better his weak standing with Black voters, according to The Post.

The move didn't have the intended effect, however, driving the president "s---house crazy," an ex-Trump administration official told the news outlet.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2  seeder  Tessylo    4 years ago

Critics have said Trump works to benefit his reelection purposes, not the country. His former national security adviser John Bolton, for example, has      previously said      Trump has manipulated the powers of his office to increase his chances of winning a second term. Democrats have made similar allegations, which were key during the president's impeachment proceedings.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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3  seeder  Tessylo    4 years ago

Trump has long fared poorly with Black voters, despite his attempts to appeal to the electorate. As a candidate,      exit polling in 2016       showed he gained only 8% of their votes, compared with then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's overwhelming majority of 88%.

Fast-forward to 2020, and that figure has remained largely unchanged.      Recent polling by the Pew Research Center       indicated that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had a nearly 89% lead over Trump among Black voters.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4  JohnRussell    4 years ago

This is why black people won't vote for Trump.

 
 
 
Kavika
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5  Kavika     4 years ago

If the story is correct I'd say that the answer to Trumps question ''why the hell did I do that'' would be, because it was the right thing to do. That won't register with Trump, IMO.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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5.1  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Kavika @5    4 years ago

He said 'why the hell did I do that' when it didn't garner him any favorability in the polls.  

I bet he wishes he could reverse it since it didn't do him any good.  

 
 

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