Wow, #Trump immediately offending the very first #black#journalist. Calling her rude, offensive, awful, nasty, hostile. Accusing her of inviting him under false pretenses. Complaining about a late start. He is outrageously #aggressive to the journalists. Wow accuses #KamalaHarris of “suddenly turning black” after identifying as #Indian prior. Absolutely false. Says #Harris “could be” a #DEI hire. Says #immigrants are taking “#BlackJobs”
#Trump said, “And let me go a step further. I was invited here & I was told my opponent whether it was #Biden or Kamala*, I was told my opponent was going to be here. It turned out my opponent isn’t here. You invited me under false pretenses.”
[note the disrespect of referring to her by her first personal name]
Trump later repeatedly claimed that #RachelScott asked “nasty” questions.
#Trump responded, “Well, first of all, I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner, first question. You don’t even say hello, how are you?”
He attacked #ABCNews as “a fake news network” & “terrible.”
He called #RachelScott’s question a “very rude introduction. I don’t know exactly why you would do something like that.”
This is how every #Trump interview & debate should be conducted.
After he took his seat, #ABCNews’ Rachel Scott asked, “I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today.”
She cited numerous false claims Trump made about #Obama & #NikkiHaley, along w/other remarks attacking Black figures & people of color.
#RachelScott added, “You attack #Black#journalists calling them ‘losers,’ saying the questions that they asked are quote, ‘#stupid & #racist.’ You’ve had dinner w/a #WhiteSupremacist at Mar a Lago resort. So my question, sir, now that you are asking black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you, after you have used language like that?”
FYI it was #RachelScott of #ABC that asked #Trump the first question. He continues to attack her & #ABCnews even when she isn’t the #journalist asking the question.
“The hostility Donald Trump showed on stage today is the same hostility he has shown throughout his life, throughout his term in office, & throughout his campaign for president.”
“Today’s tirade is simply a taste of the #chaos & #division that has been a hallmark of Trump’s #MAGA rallies this entire campaign.”
"Trump has already proven he cannot #unite America, so he attempts to divide us.”