Donald Trump doesn’t have what you’d call a groundswell of support from black Americans. He’s polled at zero percent in Ohio and Pennsylvania among black voters, and was polled at two percent nationwide, lower than Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green party candidate Jill Stein. Maybe people remember how he refused to rent apartments to people of color. Maybe telling black people to vote for him because “it can’t get any worse” seemed just a tad bit insulting. Maybe all the white people holding “Blacks For Trump” signs at rallies made the state of things clear. Or the KKK endorsement.
Or maybe it’s just all the things Donald Trump has done, combined with the fact that he still secured the nomination, that has many people making a side eye and throwing some shade. On Twitter, people have been asking if any of his behavior would slide if Trump were black. The hashtag picked up steam on Thursday, but it started all the way back in April with this one:
https://twitter.com/TwoCultSurvivor/status/725368793170632704
We’ve collected some of the #IfTrumpWereBlack highlights below.
#IfTrumpWereBlack Do you really think the media lets not releasing his tax returns slide?
— DFW Sports 4Life (@Kennymack1971) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/MrPistov/status/794338206682492928
#IfTrumpWereBlack there would be a VASTLY different narrative surrounding his 5 children by 3 different women.
— Simply TC 💚💛🖤💙 (@BienSur_JeTaime) November 3, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack his three wives would be called "Baby Mammas" and his $900M tax write off would be called welfare.
— Kristi Jensen (@KristiWonk) November 3, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack 5 kids by 3 different mothers & an admitted history of adultery would NOT have Evangelicals praising his "family values".
— 🇺🇸🇭🇹 Only4RM 🇭🇹🇺🇸 (@Only4RM) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/DRobertsIMG/status/794224419656769536
#IfTrumpWereBlack when we talked about how not great America is, he'd be told to find another country to live in.
— Davon (@davonmagwood) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/SmartChicksRule/status/794338861304397825
#IfTrumpWereBlack the media would label him an Angry black man who needs to be stopped
— NoChillMood (@ritaag) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/SanePpl4Hillary/status/794263124815843328
https://twitter.com/edjukatedrebel/status/794338091376971776
#IfTrumpWereBlack Republicans would ask him for his Birth certificate!
— Derenic Byrd (@DerenicByrd) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/ProfCAnderson/status/794338737702502400
"Locker room talk"? From guy who clearly has not been in a gym in 20 years?? Nah. #IfTrumpWereBlack, we'd be hearing about "THUG behavior."
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) October 8, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack He most definitely doesn't get a pass on colluding with Russia…
— DFW Sports 4Life (@Kennymack1971) November 3, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack: his multiple bankruptcies would make him a DEADBEAT, not a leader/'businessman'….
— johnstaples1 (@johnstaples1) October 9, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack with 3 baby mamas & 5 kids, running for prez the media would be talking about the breakdown of the black family
— Anita C Roberts 🇱🇷 (@theluxuryceo) October 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/omgshinythings/status/784809224832286720
#IfTrumpWereBlack he wouldn't have lost a billion dollars and be labeled a "genius "
— bootlegg (@BootleggKr1089) October 8, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack the media would never let you forget his academic record, such as it is….
— Lady Thiggy (@LordThiggy) October 8, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack his inability to speak above a 4th grade reading level would be the focus of everything that comes out of his mouth.
— Lady Thiggy (@LordThiggy) October 8, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack he wouldn't be able to attend his own rallies.
— Leon Langford (@MasonLLL) October 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/Mr_Iodine/status/794502785521897472
#IfTrumpWereBlack
His current baby momma would be forced to prove her path to citizenship.— Melanin Monroe (@melanatedmeta) November 3, 2016
#IfTrumpWereBlack he'd be in jail for income tax evasion. (See, e.g., Wesley Snipes, Lauryn Hill, Darryl Strawberry, Ja Rule.)
— Imani Gandy (Orca’s Version) ⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/Mr_Iodine/status/794500581347954688
#IfTrumpwereBlack he would've never won the Republican nomination.
— GOAT78 (@GOAT78) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/okanogen2010/status/794450859673481216
#IfTrumpWereBlack His real estate company wouldn't have rented to him
— Lori Liberty (@Hibbletsnbits) November 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/B_MoOriginal/status/794256518774460416
(Via #IfTrumpWereBlack)
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