What Trump said during the debate that has many Black Americans and Palestinians outraged

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Opinion by Dean Obeidallah

Since last week’s presidential debate, we’ve seen nearly nonstop news coverage about whether President Joe Biden should drop out as the Democratic presidential contender, expressed in numerous op-eds, on political podcasts and on cable television.

But while Biden’s performance on Thursday is a legitimate issue, the media’s laser-focused coverage of it has resulted in former President Donald Trump all but being given a pass for vile and — in the opinion of many — racist remarks he made at the debate. And Trump’s comments were far, far worse than anything Biden said.

For starters, there was Trump’s use of the word Palestinian as a slur. This came up during a discussion of the war in Gaza, with Trump saying, “Let Israel finish the job.” He then criticized Biden for, in his view, restraining Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military action. That’s the same military, it should be noted, that has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and dying, including many women and children, and according to the United Nations has unleashed an ever-growing humanitarian catastrophe along with the widespread destruction of residential homes.

My late father was a Palestinian immigrant. Trump used his heritage as an insult during the exchange when he said Biden “has become like a Palestinian.” To make matters worse, Trump repeated the use of Palestinian as a smear on Friday at a rally in Virginia, where he said about Democratic US Senator Chuck Schumer, “He’s become a Palestinian. He’s a Palestinian now.” The remark presumably meant to suggest that Schumer, who is Jewish, is somehow not supportive enough of Israel.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-most-despicable-things-trump-232825251.html

[Walleye]

1. Trump does and says these things because he enjoys it, no other reason, he is such a child

[JohnSJ]

3. His threats need to be taken seriously. Project 2025 outlines exactly what they will do.

[Walleye]

5. This is kind of like a twilight zone episode, where the bratty kid has all the power and everyone obeys him

[JohnSJ]

2. The only way we can stop this terrible threat facing the country is if the left, moderates, minorities, women, Jews,

Muslims, young people, never trumpers, etc. suspend their differences just for this election, and unite to save democracy.

[Walleye]

6. That would be so nice, I would love to see that happen in my lifetime once

[JohnSJ]

7. just for 6 months is all we need

[Aristus]

4. Imagine giving that immunity from prosecution.

Shit...

[ck4829]

8. This should make one un-electable