Trump: "Look at my African-American."

[catfish1957]

Man who Donald Trump called "my African-American" speaks out

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made headlines Friday when, with a racially charged exclamation, the candidate singled out an African-American man at a campaign rally in Redding, California.

"Oh, look at my African-American over here!" Trump had said, interrupting his own winding speech to direct his supporters' attention to a man in the crowd. "Look at him. Are you the greatest? You know what I'm talking about, OK?"

But the man called out by Trump -- Gregory Cheadle, a Republican candidate in California's first congressional district -- didn't seem to mind the attention.

"I never, ever sensed any racism on his part," Cheadle told CBS News in a phone interview Saturday. "Looking at it now, I can see on a script -- in a transcript, or even somebody watching the clip -- I can see how they would jump to the conclusion that it was racist. But I never felt anything at all."

Instead, Cheadle took it as a flattering remark.

"It's a compliment to me," said Cheadle, who briefly met Trump when the billionaire waded into the crowd after the event.

Their exchange, reported by the Redding Searchlight, happened after Cheadle had called out, "Uncle Donald, Uncle Donald." Cheadle told the local news outlet that Trump "recognized me as the guy he had called out" and they chatted briefly about job creation.

Cheadle said Saturday that the attention Trump paid him seemed more like a recognition "that my work is paying off, that we as a black people can achieve things."

And he further laughed off the Internet uproar regarding Trump's "my African-American" phrasing: "We are a super-sensitive people now when it comes to race," he said. "I mean, super sensitive. And we're so ready to pull that racist trigger and sometimes unnecessarily so."

"I'm running in a district that's at least 90 percent white. If I wanted to find racism, I could," Cheadle added, but noted that "the prejudice people have against me is dissipating."

Asked why he felt the perception toward him has been less racially tinged, the congressional candidate said it was because he didn't fit "stereotypes."

"I don't wear my pants down to my knees," he said. "I'm not a lover of rap music ... They're seeing a far more positive role model than they've ever seen."

Despite Trump's call out to him, Cheadle has not yet decided who to vote for in November. He said that he attended the Trump rally to keep "an open mind" about the presidential candidates.

"I wanted to see for myself who he was," he said. "I just wanted to hear him. Did he sway my vote one way or the other? No. What he did do was he did inspire me.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-rally-goer-my-african-american-reacts-gop-nominee-election-2016/

So the only racists here was #neverTrump trying to play this up for an attack on Trump. Pathetic...

Did the report give any indication how much compensation this guy got for his pro-Trump take of the matter?

[Neverdul]

"Otis! My Man!"

Didn’t Trump claim to have dated Fawn Liebowitz before she was tragically killed in that kiln accident? I could be mistaken but I thought I read that quote in Art Of The Spiel. 

[sneakypete]

It was apparent the moment he promised to build a wall, make Mexico pay for it, and end birthright citizenship (complete with stripping current US citizens of it).

IE: Within the first week of his candidacy.

Yup. He is clearly insane.

[sneakypete]

Erick Erickson ‏@EWErickson Jun 3
Five hours of radio done.  Time to go open my birthday presents.  Maybe I got an African American.

 

[sneakypete]

Man who Donald Trump called "my African-American" speaks out

 

But the man called out by Trump -- Gregory Cheadle, a Republican candidate in California's first congressional district -- didn't seem to mind the attention.

A black Republican candidate in California? If there has ever been anyone that needed a bodyguard,it is him. For protection as well as companionship. He must be the loneliest man in Ca.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Because it was applied unfairly... ?

How about because it is wrong on general principle?

I'm not sure that the people who support a candidate who favors the idea of casting aside the First Amendment and "opening up" libel laws so the he can sue any news outlet that says anything he doesn't like, then also support him while he libels and slanders a Federal judge non-stop really give a rat's ass about general principles.

[sneakypete]

Am I the only one thinking that family has serious grounds for a lawsuit against Trump after they are all repeatedly and brutally attacked by their black neighbors and relatives after being identified in public as supporting de cracka?

You KNOW those kids are going to catch hell in school.

[Chosen Daughter]

Trumps walks back his "Look At My African American" comment.

Trump spokesperson and Trump Folk Art curator, Lily White explained today that Mr. Trumps was making reference to his large  African "Americana" collection of Lawn Jockey's in his storage shed in Rockaway Queens.

Trump is despicable.  That Gregory Cheadle saying he isn't a Trump supporter but he yells out Uncle Don, Uncle Don.  You know it was quite friendly.  What's a little racism shared between friends?  Unfortunately for Cheadle he is getting plastered by African Americans on his social media that don't appreciate the "my African American" reference.  They don't like anyone to refer to African Americans being owned.

[geronl]

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