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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
^Or that. That one's pretty hard to spin.
Buster, I could be wrong about the demographics, but when I said earlier that the vast, vast majority of Mexicans are hispanic, was I mistaken? Once you get into that level of overlap, lazy people will simply equate the nationality with the race. I don't know if Trump is himself racist against latinos, but he's clearly playing race politics with a statement like that. It's not even a dog whistle, it's too overt for that term to even apply.
I'm not allergic to intuitive assumptions at all, they're just defeasible if someone gives me a good explanation.
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I have no idea how you would choose to subdivide Mexico's various ethnic groups. Then again, I'm not the one making a serious claim that requires defending. I'm just saying that there is no reasonable evidence to assume that Trump SAID "Mexico", but MEANT "hispanic". To suggest otherwise is simply regurgitating a narrative.
It is entirely unclear that Trump made those comments about black accountants. Would I be surprised if he had? Not particularly. But O'Donnell's memoir isn't exactly a smoking gun.