President Trump a Racist?
Let's just put this nonsense about President Trump being a racist to rest. This is a list of what he has done for minorities during his term in office, compared to the great "Saint Obama". A little long, but in truth, Trump has really done a lot for American minorities. Remember, these are things that Trump has actually done; not promises made at election time and forgotten until the next election, which is a leftist tactic.
This is a true view of Trump's "racism". You'll never see this reported in the New York Times or in any leftist media outlet. But it is worthwhile to actually see the truth in print.
"Trump vs Obama in Who’s Done More for Blacks, By Kevin Jackson
-October 22, 2020
I DARE Leftists to put President Trump’s accomplishments for
Blacks against that of Barack Obama.
Obama’s record of achievement for Blacks should embarrass
Leftists. They are just too stupid to realize it. When asked years ago what
Obama had done for Blacks, Valerie Jarrett actually mentioned these three
things: Obamacare, getting lighter sentencing for crack cocaine, and the growth
of welfare.
With Obamacare, Jarrett saw the legislation as reparations
for Blacks. The idea was that most Blacks wouldn’t need to use the insurance,
but would get the roughly $3,000 stipend.
Regarding welfare, Jarrett celebrated the idea that Blacks
were out of work but Obama had provided the safety net of chump change.
Finally, while crack users got harsher sentences than those caught with coke, I still find the idea of Blacks being crackheads demeaning. Most Blacks don’t use crack. So how did this impact us enough to actually brag about it as something that benefitted Blacks as a whole. To benefit Blacks as a whole requires the average Black person benefitting, not just crackheads.
And if we’ve learned anything from Hunter Biden, it’s that
Blacks aren’t the only crackheads. Now let’s compare.
President Trump’s Historic Accomplishments for the Black
Community
“We are lifting up citizens of every race, color, religion,
and creed. And we are delivering a future of fairness, justice, and dignity. We
are defending our values, our principles, and our way of life.”
– President Donald Trump
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
President Trump is working to build the most inclusive
economy in American history and provide Black community with access to the
American dream.
Black American employment has increased 1.3 million in the
past 5 months. This represents the recovery of roughly 4 in 10 Black American
jobs lost in the pandemic.
It took the previous Administration nearly 2 years (23
months) to recover the same share of Black American employment lost in the
2008-09 recession.
President Trump created the White House Opportunity and
Revitalization Council to provide additional federal support for distressed
communities.
Through the White House Opportunity and Revitalization
Council, the Trump Administration has already taken over 200 actions to benefit
underserved communities.
Then, President Trump signed legislation creating
Opportunity Zones, providing investment opportunities in nearly 9,000
economically distressed communities across all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and five territories.
As of the end of 2019, Opportunity Zones have attracted $75
billion in funds and driven $52 billion of new investment in economically
distressed communities.
These investments have created at least 500,000 new jobs.
Approximately one million Americans will be lifted from
poverty as a result of these new investments.
Private equity investments into businesses in Opportunity
Zones were nearly 30% higher than investments into businesses in similar areas
that were not designated Opportunity Zones.
Alone, an Opportunity Zone designation has increased
property values within them by 1.1%.
This will provide an estimated $11 billion in new wealth for
the nearly half of Opportunity Zone residents who own their own homes.
According to the most recent Census survey, the
homeownership rate for black households increased 2.3 percentage points from
2016 to 2019, bringing it from three-decade lows.
President Trump is committed to supporting America’s
minority-owned businesses.
The President has worked tirelessly to remove unnecessary
and burdensome regulations that hinder small business growth.
The Administration, through the Minority Business
Development Agency (MDBA), has helped facilitate billions of dollars in funding
to support minority enterprises.
President Trump signed legislation providing $60 billion in
loans under the Paycheck Protection Program targeted to support minority and
disadvantaged communities.
The President promised in September 2020 to create 3 million
jobs for the Black community, 500,000 new black-owned businesses, and increase
access to capital in black communities by $500 billion.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
President Trump has worked to create a fairer justice system
for all Americans through landmark reforms.
President Trump signed into law the groundbreaking First
Step Act, which made transformative changes to our justice system, and repealed
unjust provisions that disproportionally harmed African Americans.
As a result of the FIRST STEP Act, more than 3,000 Americans
have been released from prison and 90% of those who have had their sentences
reduced are black Americans.
This legislation eliminated the “three strikes” life
sentencing provision for some offenses, expanded judges’ discretion in
sentencing of non-violent crimes, and more.
The First Step Act is helping inmates successfully return to
society by expanding access to rehabilitative programs.
President Trump was honored to receive the 2019 Bipartisan
Justice Award for his leadership in the passage of the historic First Step Act.
The President formed the Federal Interagency Crime
Prevention and Improving Reentry Council to create more second chances for
Americans returning home from prison.
President Trump has promoted second chance hiring, providing
Americans the opportunity to succeed and rejoin their communities.
The President has wisely issued pardons and commutations to
a number of individuals adversely impacted by the criminal justice system, such
as Alice Johnson, Jon Ponder, Jack Johnson, Tynice Nichole Hall, and Angela
Stanton.
ADDRESSING BIGOTRY, RACISM and VIOLENCE
President Trump is taking historic action to increase the
adoption of best practices in law enforcement and support a safe and secure
America.
The President is restoring law and order to communities
across the Nation through numerous Federal initiatives, including launching
Operation Legend.
President Trump issued an Executive Order on Safe Policing
for Safe Communities that will encourage law enforcement agencies to implement
best practices and protect the communities they serve.
Under the Order, the Attorney General will allocate certain
grant funding to only those law enforcement agencies that meet high standards,
including around use-of-force and de-escalation techniques, as credentialed by
reputable independent bodies.
The Order provides incentives for law enforcement agencies
to use a nationwide database to track terminations, criminal convictions, and
civil judgments against law enforcement officers for excessive use-of-force,
which will create accountability between agencies.
The Administration will prioritize training and other
programs for police and social workers responding to incidents involving the
mentally ill, addicted, and homeless.
President Trump is directing his Administration to develop
and propose new legislation to Congress to further the policies of the Order
and build community engagement.
Our law enforcement officers provide critical protection to
all Americans, and we need to work collectively to strengthen relationships
across our country.
In May 2020, President Trump, provided full remarks about
the death of George Floyd.
President Trump met privately with families of people lost
to police killings including Ahmaud Arbery, Botham Jean, Antwon Rose, Jemel
Roberson, Atatiana Jefferson, Michael Dean, Darius Tarver, Cameron Lamb,
Everett Palmer and committed his Department of Justice to reviewing those cases
so that justice will be served.
Trump has repeatedly, clearly, and forcefully denounced all
forms of hatred.
In September, President Trump signed a resolution and
expressed his desire to see the KKK prosecuted as domestic terrorists.
President Trump in August 2019: “In one voice, our nation
must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies
must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages
the heart, and devours the soul.”
EDUCATION & HBCU INITIATIVES
President Trump has made it a priority to support our
nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and expand school
choice.
President Trump signed into law the FUTURE Act, which made
permanent $255 million in annual STEM funding for minority-serving colleges,
including roughly $85 million specifically allocated to HBCUs.
During his first weeks in office, President Trump issued an
Executive Order to move the federal HBCU initiative back to the White House,
ensuring HBCUs were a key priority and establishing the President’s Board of
Advisors on HBCUs.
The Trump Administration created the first Framework for the
Development of a Federal HBCU Competitiveness Strategy which coordinated the
Federal government in aligning agency and department HBCU planning.
Federal departments and agencies now have plans to improve
the conditions under which HBCUs compete for federal resources and
opportunities.
The Trump Administration relaunched the HBCU Capital Finance
Board to make millions of dollars available to support HBCUs’ long-term growth
and improvement.
The administration has announced that any restrictions on
those funds going to institutions with a religious mission is unconstitutional.
President Trump signed the Farm Bill that included more than
$100 million dollars for scholarships, research, and centers of excellence at
HBCU land-grant institutions.
The Trump Administration fully forgave $322 million in
disaster loans to four HBCUs in 2018, so they could fully focus on educating
their students.
President Trump became the first sitting President to
address the National HBCU Week Conference.
The President has made school choice a top priority for his
Administration because a child’s future shouldn’t be determined by his or her
parents’ income or area code.
During his first few months in office, President Trump
authorized the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — the only federally funded
voucher program in America.
The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship has awarded life-changing
scholarships to over 10,000 students. Scholarship students’ average household
income is about $23,000 and three-quarters of scholarship students are African
American.
HEALTHCARE & COVID RESPONSE
President Trump and his Administration are focusing on
healthcare disparities impacting minority communities.
The White House has provided at least 550,000 Black American
stakeholders with comprehensive, direct updates on preparedness, response, and
mitigation efforts in nearly every state through more than 50 briefing
calls/video-teleconferences and events.
President Trump in May 2020 hosted a listening session with
African American leaders in Michigan to discuss efforts to support minority
communities impacted by the coronavirus.
The President directed the White House Opportunity and
Revitalization Council to focus resources on minority communities impacted by
the virus.
The Trump Administration is distributing over 500,000 rapid
coronavirus tests to 107 HBCUs in an effort to prevent potential COVID-19
outbreaks in high-risk communities.
The Trump Administration is working with a consortium — with
the consortium of black medical schools to fund and scale local efforts in
communities that reach communities of color.
The Administration announced a $40 million initiative
partnering with Morehouse School of Medicine to fight COVID-19.
The President signed the CARES Act legislation providing
nearly $1 billion to HBCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and other minority
serving institutions that have experienced hardship due to coronavirus.
President Trump signed legislation to guarantee coronavirus
testing free of cost-sharing, removing financial obstacles for Americans who
would otherwise be unable to access them.
The Trump Administration is investing approximately $2
billion in community health centers, helping their 28 million patients in
medically underserved areas receive the care and testing they need.
The Administration is working to increase access to critical
telemedicine and mobile services in underserved areas.
The Trump Administration awarded $11.5 million through the
Telehealth Resource Centers and awarded an additional $20 million to increase
telehealth access and infrastructure.
The President’s team will work towards reforming public
health data infrastructure, take action on chronic conditions in at-risk
populations, and address food insecurity – all of which will help repair
healthcare disparities in our communities.
The Trump Administration is leading unprecedented activity
in research, medical education, and models of care in support of people with
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and signed into law the Sickle Cell Disease and Other
Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act
of 2018.
President Trump signed an Executive Order on Advancing
American Kidney Health, to improve the lives of Americans suffering from kidney
disease, expand options for American patients, and reduce healthcare costs.
The Trump Administration will work with Congress to make
significant investments in minority-serving healthcare institutions.
HONORING AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE
President Trump celebrates the diversity of America by
honoring the rich contributions of the Black community.
Annually, President Trump recognizes National African
American History Month, African-American Music Appreciation Month, Juneteenth,
Minority Enterprise Development Week, National School Choice Week, The National
HBCU Week, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, and Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day through proclamations, events and other celebrations.
President Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom
to Eldrick “Tiger” Woods.
Trump participated in the promotion pinning ceremony for
2020 State of the Union Gallery guest and retired Tuskegee Airman, Colonel
Charles McGee, promoting him to Brigadier General in the Oval Office.
President Trump signed into law the Hidden Figures
Congressional Gold Medal Act, awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to
Katherine Johnson, Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan (posthumously), Mary
Jackson (posthumously), and in recognition of all the other women who
contributed to the success of NASA during the Space Race.
The Trump Administration announced the NASA headquarters
building in Washington, D.C., would be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first
Black American female engineer at NASA.
President Trump signed into law The Commission on the Social
Status of Black Men & Boys Act, which will study & make recommendations
to address the conditions affecting Black men & boys.
President Trump signed an Executive Order creating the
National Garden of American Heroes to pay tribute to historical figures
including Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and
Jackie Robinson.
In 2017, President Trump visited the National Museum of
African American History and Culture with Secretary Ben Carson and Dr. Alveda
King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in honor of Black History Month.
President Trump has paid his respects at the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial in Washington DC numerous times.
President Trump signed the Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Historical Park Act into law in Atlanta, creating Georgia’s first National
Historical Park.
President Trump added the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation
Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the African American Civil Rights Network.
Who’s the real racist? I suggest it’s Obama. Because the rich, white, Republican president did more for Blacks in a week, than Obama did in 8 years.
Quite a long list of actual positive accomplishments for minorities, and particularly for the Black Community. A bit of a far cry from what the biased, propagandizing media would like us to believe from their fragmented, anecdotal, out of context representations of President Trump as a bigoted racist. Just who are the bigots and the racists?
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