Joe.My.God. LGBT News
CNBC reports:
President Donald Trump on Wednesday made one of his most overt appeals so far in the campaign to White, suburban voters, saying in a tweet that they will no longer be “bothered” by low income housing in their suburbs.
The tweets come as polls show Trump’s reelection effort is faltering in the suburbs, fueled by his administration’s failed response to the coronavirus pandemic, the ensuing recession, and Trump’s aggressive opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement, which polls show most suburban voters support.
Trump’s tweet refers to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule, an Obama administration update to the 1968 civil rights legislation, the Fair Housing Act. The rule required local governments receiving federal funds for housing and development to account for biased practices and craft a plan to fix them.
I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2020
…Your housing prices will go up based on the market, and crime will go down. I have rescinded the Obama-Biden AFFH Rule. Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2020
Translation: Trump thinks everyone who lives in the suburbs is as racist as he is.
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) July 29, 2020
This is a parody account right? How openly racist can you be? Low income folks, you are NOT welcome.
— Angela Belcamino (@AngelaBelcamino) July 29, 2020
This “Suburban Lifestyle Dream” tweet will go down in history as one of your most blatantly racist dogwhistles in a huge pantheon full of racist dogwhistles.
You have 96 days left, Spanky.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) July 29, 2020
TRANSLATION: Hey affluent white people…vote for me and I’ll keep those very scary black and brown people out of your neighborhood…
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) July 29, 2020