Category: Racist: African-American

Trump Demands GOP Gerrymander Elections Amid Approval Collapse

Trump publicly urged Republican state legislatures to maximize racial gerrymandering following a Supreme Court decision that gutted protections against it. On Truth Social, Trump demanded GOP legislatures seize the opportunity, falsely claiming gerrymandering would net an additional 20 congressional seats in the midterms, conflating the current cycle with the next one without acknowledging the deception underlying his scheme to consolidate power as his approval ratings collapse to historic lows.

Trump’s call for systematic gerrymandering exposes his authoritarian intent to maintain Republican control regardless of voter preference. His net approval has reached a new low while disapproval hit a record high, yet he continues pushing antidemocratic tactics to offset cratering public support rather than adjusting his agenda to reflect constituent demands.

Fair Fight Action and voting rights advocates have documented that Democrats possess the capacity to undertake retaliatory redistrictings to neutralize GOP advantages created through gerrymandering. The strategic roadmap exists for Democrats to match Republican abuse of redistricting power, though the fundamental issue remains Trump’s explicit orchestration of electoral manipulation to guarantee one-party rule.

Trump’s demand for gerrymandering represents a direct assault on democratic representation and majority rule. His coordinated purge of Indiana Republicans who opposed gerrymandering demonstrates his willingness to eliminate party members who refuse to participate in his antidemocratic schemes, enforcing absolute loyalty to his power consolidation strategy.

The Supreme Court’s decision to allow states broader latitude in redistricting has enabled Trump to openly coordinate a nationwide effort to rig electoral maps in Republican favor. His stated regret about not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines after 2020 demonstrates a continuous pattern of pursuing authoritarian measures to override democratic outcomes when electoral results threaten his control.

(Source: https://newrepublic.com/article/209932/confused-trump-openly-admits-plot-rig-midterms-polls-turn-brutal?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRleARoJ8ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEemSXZeap4xUm991Vl5RQmMxwUvgmormXLpYfsW6ypZDb2debTm5bgYH1HcHo_aem_slcdPJ-9b3CTP0x6UFGe1Q)

Trump Demands Jeffries Expulsion Over Supreme Court Criticism

Donald Trump, the current President of the United States, demanded House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries be removed from Congress after Jeffries criticized the Supreme Court’s decision voiding Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district as “illegitimate.” Trump posted on Truth Social that Jeffries, whom he called “a Low IQ individual,” should face impeachment, falsely claiming representatives can be impeached when the Constitution permits only expulsion by two-thirds vote of the House.

Jeffries attacked the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling, which eliminated the district that Chief Justice John Roberts characterized as a “snake” created along racial lines and Justice Samuel Alito deemed an “unconstitutional gerrymander.” Jeffries stated the decision helps Trump “scheme to suppress the vote and rig” midterm elections and called it “the Trump Court” rather than the Roberts Court. Trump celebrated the ruling on Wednesday, calling it the “kind of ruling I like,” directly contradicting his subsequent demand to punish Jeffries for questioning it.

Trump’s attack on Jeffries deploys racist language consistent with his documented pattern targeting African Americans with dehumanizing terms. A Truthout examination found that 8 in 10 posts by Trump calling someone “Low IQ” target a person of color, with communications experts identifying the term as “a racist dog whistle with a long history in the US.” Trump frequently uses such terms against Black political figures including Congresswoman Maxine Waters and TV host Don Lemon, focusing narrowly on intelligence while varying insults for others.

This assault on Jeffries violates the implicit agreement to moderate political discourse that followed a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Trump’s demand to expel a Democratic lawmaker for legitimate criticism of the judiciary demonstrates authoritarian abuse of power and his refusal to acknowledge the connection between his own inflammatory rhetoric and the climate of hostility endangering political figures.

(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-calls-for-hakeem-jeffries-to-be-impeached-for-bashing-illegitimate-supreme-court-why-not/)

Trump Blurts Loaded Attack on Top Dem Hakeem Jeffries

President Donald Trump attacked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Truth Social Friday night, calling him a "THUG" and "Low IQ Democrat Minority Leader" who is "a danger to our Country," accompanying the post with a photo of Jeffries holding a baseball bat. This attack occurred less than a week after a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday prompted widespread calls for reducing heated political rhetoric, with the White House itself urging Democrats to abandon violent language.

President Trump frequently targets African Americans with controversial language, often referring to them as "low IQ" or "thugs." Such terms have been consistently used against figures like Congresswoman Maxine Waters and TV host Don Lemon, focusing primarily on their intelligence. Despite using various insults for others, Trump's criticisms of black individuals often emphasize intelligence alone, making his racial appeals overt. This pattern reflects a troubling tactic in Trump's rhetoric. A Truthout examination revealed that 8 in 10 posts by Trump calling someone "Low IQ" target a person of color. Communications experts describe this term as “a racist dog whistle with a long history in the US.”

The loaded language Trump deployed violates the implicit agreement to moderate discourse that followed the shooting incident. Trump used the terms "thug" and "Low IQ," which carry specific racial and dehumanizing connotations, according to NewNation White House Correspondent Kellie Meyer, who publicly criticized both the characterization and the photo choice. Meyer noted that Trump was labeling Jeffries a "danger" to the country while simultaneously the White House had demanded Democrats cease violent rhetoric.

The Truth Social post came hours after Trump delivered a speech in Florida that included an attack on Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) based on the discredited claim that she married her brother, a conspiracy theory debunked by independent fact-checkers and journalists. Trump's pattern of inflammatory rhetoric directed at Democratic leaders demonstrates his refusal to acknowledge the connection between his own language and the climate of hostility that precipitated the WHCD shooting.

The incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner occurred when suspect Cole Tomas Allen rushed through the security perimeter and allegedly opened fire, causing chaos before being taken into custody. Initial reports that Allen had been shot or killed proved inaccurate, and Trump was not injured in the incident.

Following the shooting, Democrats pushed back against the White House's selective calls for toning down rhetoric, pointing out that Republican and Trump-affiliated language had been equally or more inflammatory. Trump's Friday attack on Jeffries directly contradicts any commitment to reducing heated political discourse and exposes the administration's selective application of civility standards.

(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-blurts-loaded-attack-on-top-dem-amid-post-shooting-rhetoric-discourse/)

Trump Posts Fake Candace Owens ‘Vile Person of the Year’ Pic

President Donald Trump posted a fabricated TIME magazine cover on Truth Social on Friday depicting Republican commentator Candace Owens as “Vile Person of the Year,” accompanying the disinformation with repeated attacks calling her “an extremely low IQ individual.” The doctored image included false claims such as “0% fact check ratio on all credible fact checking sites” and “protects sex offenders,” designed to portray Owens in a deliberately negative manner.

Trump’s attack on Owens follows a pattern of personal insults he directed at her and other figures on April 9, when he posted that Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Owens, and Alex Jones all have “Low IQs” and are “stupid people.” His Friday post specifically referenced Owens’ promotion of a racist conspiracy theory about French First Lady Brigitte Macron, claiming without evidence that Macron was “secretly born a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux,” a lie that has resulted in a lawsuit against Owens by the French president and first lady.

Owens responded to Trump’s attacks by mocking his age, writing on X, “It may be time to put Grandpa up in a home.” On an April 10 podcast, after Trump posted that Macron “is a far more beautiful woman than Candace,” Owens escalated her racist conspiracy theory by questioning whether Trump was gay for finding Macron attractive and repeating her false claim using the deadname “Jean-Michel Trogneux.”

The incident demonstrates Trump’s continued use of disinformation and personal attacks against critics, including those within his own political sphere. By creating and sharing a fake magazine cover with fabricated claims about Owens’ credibility, Trump engaged in the spread of false information while simultaneously attacking her intelligence in crude, schoolyard terms characteristic of his public rhetoric.

(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-shares-doctored-time-cover-of-low-iq-candace-owens-vile-person-of-the-year/)

Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has systematically blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four military branches, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process. Some officers targeted appear to have been singled out because of their race, gender, or perceived alignment with Biden administration policies. Hegseth refused to meet with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George when George requested discussion of the promotion blocks targeting women and Black men, and Hegseth subsequently fired George on Thursday.

Hegseth has cited officers’ past support for COVID-19 vaccines, mask mandates enacted during the Biden administration, affiliation with diversity, equity and inclusion programs, or association with former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley as reasons for removal from promotion consideration. In recent weeks, Hegseth blocked three Marine officers—two women and a Black man—who were recommended for promotion by Marine Corps leadership and had no open investigations against them. A Navy list of officers selected for one-star admiral promotion has been held up for over a month, with concern that officers may be removed based on race or gender.

The Army’s promotion list included approximately 30 officers for one-star general positions; Hegseth removed four names before it reached the Senate in mid-March, striking two women and two Black officers without documented cause or investigation. Military law requires the president, not the defense secretary, to possess authority to block promotions, and a reason such as an ongoing investigation must be provided if removal occurs before White House transmission. The removed officers had deployed, performed their duties, and were combat-tested, yet Hegseth provided no explanation for their removal.

Defense secretaries typically do not remove officers from promotion lists or reject service branch recommendations, and this intervention violates longstanding military practice and law requiring promotions be based on individual merit. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the blocking “disgraceful” and “a complete betrayal of the merit-based promotion system.” A retired senior military officer warned that unexplained intervention in the promotion process will erode officer trust and create the perception that careers can be “politicized in a career-ending manner.”

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell disputed the reporting as “fake news from anonymous sources” and claimed promotions are based on merit. However, military demographics show active-duty forces are 80 percent male and 74 percent white among officers, while only 9 percent of officers are Black, indicating the concentration of promotion authority in Hegseth’s hands poses significant risk of abuse when applied selectively against officers from underrepresented groups.

(Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-intervened-military-promotions-dozen-senior-officers-rcna266062)

Hegseth Removes Black, Female Officers from General Promotion List

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed four Army officers from a one-star general promotion list without clear legal authority to do so. Two of the officers are Black and two are women from a list of approximately three dozen officers, predominantly white men. Hegseth had pressured Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll for months to strike the names, but Driscoll repeatedly refused based on the officers’ exemplary service records until Hegseth unilaterally removed them this month.

One Black officer was targeted for writing a paper nearly 15 years ago analyzing why African American officers historically pursued support roles over combat positions. A female logistics officer faced removal after serving in Afghanistan during the 2021 withdrawal, which Hegseth has condemned as “disastrous and embarrassing.” The reasons for removing the other two officers, a logistics officer and finance specialist, remain unclear. A fifth officer, Colonel Dave Butler, a white male spokesman for former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, resigned in February after repeated demands from Hegseth’s office for his removal.

Hegseth’s chief of staff, Ricky Buria, told Driscoll that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, according to three officials familiar with the exchange. Buria denied the account, calling it “completely false” and “made up.” Army Secretary Driscoll responded by telling Buria that Trump is “not a racist or sexist” and raised the issue with a White House official who agreed with his assessment, prompting Hegseth’s office to retreat on that particular case.

Hegseth’s personnel overhaul includes dismantling merit-based promotion safeguards, including shuttering the Command Assessment Program that used peer reviews and double-blind interviews to ensure all officers regardless of race or gender could compete fairly. Senior military officials question whether the officers are being singled out because of their race or gender, eroding confidence in a promotion system designed to be apolitical and merit-based. Military lawyers have debated whether Hegseth possesses legal authority to strike individual names from the list, as regulations allow him only to reject or accept the entire list.

Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals since taking office, including General Charles Q. Brown Jr., the second African American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the Navy. Currently, the chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, all five service chiefs, and nine of the military’s ten combatant commanders are white men, reversing years of diversification efforts under former Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III.

(Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html)

Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Wilson to Pentagon Worship Service

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson to lead a worship service at the Pentagon this week. Wilson has publicly advocated for wives to submit to their husbands, opposed women’s voting rights, and defended Christian enslavers as operating on “firm scriptural ground,” according to his documented statements.

The invitation reflects Hegseth’s alignment with Christian nationalist ideology, which frames American governance through a lens of Christian supremacy and traditional patriarchal structures. Wilson’s presence at the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. military, demonstrates how Trump administration officials are embedding religious extremism into federal institutions responsible for defending constitutional democracy.

Christian nationalism contradicts the constitutional separation of church and state and the principle of equal protection under law. By platforming Wilson at a military facility, Hegseth signals the administration’s intention to weaponize the Pentagon as a venue for advancing sectarian religious doctrine rather than maintaining secular, constitutional governance.

This action parallels broader efforts by the Trump administration to purge the military of independent voices, as evidenced by Hegseth’s removal of Colonel Dave Butler from Army public affairs and the pattern of loyalty-based personnel decisions documented in recent weeks.

The Pentagon event demonstrates how Trump’s second administration is systematically remaking federal institutions to serve authoritarian and theocratic ends, dismantling the secular safeguards that prevent religious extremism from controlling military policy and national security decisions.

(Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/18/doug-wilson-pentagon-hegseth-christian-nationalist/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwdGRleAQEi79leHRuA2FlbQExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6UG5yVkLHtcm12dqTWyaPFpbw9qvVB2OQY2H-GNUEPU36_Ysv_blD-hkWTVw_aem_GreTi7q4vRbeiim7jN7a8Q)

Trump Posts Racist Video Depicting Obamas as Apes

President Donald Trump posted a 62-second video to Truth Social on Thursday night containing racist imagery depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, with their faces superimposed on animal bodies for approximately one second. The video, which also promoted a debunked 2020 election conspiracy theory about manipulated vote-counting machines, was shared at 11:44 p.m. ET and included a watermark linked to a pro-Trump account on X with tens of thousands of followers.

Trump posted the video minutes after sharing content about the Black conservative movement, as part of a late-night social media spree that also featured reshared posts on Jeffrey Epstein, upcoming midterm elections, and unsubstantiated claims about manipulated elections while attacking Democratic opponents. The longer version of the video, first published online in October, portrays Trump as a lion while depicting prominent Democrats and liberals as animal characters from Disney's The Lion King, including Hillary Clinton as a warthog and New York mayor Zohran Mamdani as a hyena.

Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans immediately condemned the post as amplifying racist imagery. California Governor Gavin Newsom's office stated "Disgusting behavior by the President" and called for every Republican to denounce it, while the account Republicans Against Trump declared "Trump just posted a video on Truth Social that includes a racist image of Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. There's no bottom." The Bulwark, a Never Trump conservative outlet, also criticized the post.

Trump's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt defended the post on Friday, dismissing the backlash as "fake outrage" by the media and claiming the controversial clip came from a meme originally depicting Trump as "King of the Jungle." Despite these claims, Mediaite confirmed the post remained on Trump's feed as of Friday morning, with records preserved by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine confirming its existence.

This incident represents an escalation in Trump's pattern of attacks on Obama during his second term, which has included posting discredited conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and accusing the former president of "treason" over intelligence assessments related to Russian interference allegations. Trump has also previously shared AI-generated videos depicting Obama's arrest and incarceration.

(Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-posts-video-depicting-barack-115427661.html)

Trump Demands Omar Jailed or Deported to Somalia After Attack

President Donald Trump attacked Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in a Saturday morning Truth Social post, demanding she be imprisoned or deported to Somalia days after she was assaulted onstage with a vinegar-filled syringe. Trump falsely claimed Omar orchestrated the attack, stating “She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her,” and accused her and other Somali immigrants of fraud and corruption related to Minnesota finances.

Trump’s post attacked Omar as a “scammer” and suggested she and “her absolutely terrible friends from Somalia should all be in jail right now or, far worse, send them back to Somalia.” He also criticized Governor Tim Walz, characterizing him as either corrupt or incompetent for allegedly failing to prevent unspecified Minnesota fraud. Trump’s demand to deport Omar echoes rhetoric he has repeatedly deployed at rallies attacking Omar’s background and citizenship status.

Omar responded by questioning Trump’s decency and mental fitness, telling CNN that Trump “lacks” the compassion and basic humanity she was raised to possess. She suggested invoking the 25th Amendment, stating Trump exhibits “some sort of dementia” given his contradictory public statements about her and his apparent inability to recall his own rhetoric.

Trump has consistently used deportation rhetoric targeting Omar, repeatedly suggesting she return to Somalia where she was born. This pattern of attacks intensified following the on-stage assault, with Trump immediately weaponizing the incident as a platform for xenophobic accusations rather than expressing concern for her safety.

The attack and Trump’s response align with his broader pattern of dehumanizing Somali immigrants and people, including recent statements characterizing Somalis as “good at” only “pirating ships” during a White House briefing marking his return to office.

(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-rages-at-ilhan-omar-in-early-morning-rant-days-after-attack-demands-sending-her-to-jail-or-back-to-africa/)

Judge Condemns DOJ Claim Trump Can Erase Slavery

A federal judge in Philadelphia sharply rebuked Justice Department lawyers Friday for asserting that the Trump administration can unilaterally decide what American history to display at National Park Service sites. Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee, called the government’s position “dangerous” and “horrifying” during a hearing over the abrupt removal of a slavery exhibit at the former President’s House on Independence Mall.

Trump’s executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history” prompted workers this month to remove outdoor plaques, panels, and materials documenting the nine people enslaved at George and Martha Washington’s presidential mansion. The city of Philadelphia, which invested $1.5 million in the exhibit developed two decades ago, discovered the materials had been placed in a pickup truck and moved to storage without notice.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory in den Berken argued the Park Service routinely changes exhibits and that “the government gets to choose the message it wants to convey.” Rufe immediately objected, stating the government cannot alter historical facts based on “the whims of someone in charge.” Michael Coard, an attorney for advocacy groups supporting the exhibit, characterized the administration’s legal argument as dictatorial, stating the government was attempting to exercise power that belongs to Congress, the judiciary, and the American people.

The exhibit preserved biographical details about the nine enslaved individuals—Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Oney Judge, Moll, and Joe—whose stories had been newly uncovered. Now only their names remain engraved on a cement wall. City officials and legal advocates contended the Park Service does not have unlimited authority to interpret national history, while residents have left flowers and handmade signs at the site affirming “Slavery was real.”

Judge Rufe indicated she would rule quickly, citing expected visitor surges for the nation’s 250th anniversary commemorations. She instructed Justice Department lawyers to ensure no additional materials are disturbed and plans to visit both the storage area and the site before issuing her decision on restoring the exhibit.

(Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/american-national-park-service-philadelphia-justice-department-donald-trump-b2911294.html)

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