Why You Shouldnât Support Donald Trump: Master List
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âWhen Mexico sends its people, theyâre not sending their bestâŠTheyâre sending people that have lots of problems, and theyâre bringing those problems with us. Theyâre bringing drugs. Theyâre bringing crime. Theyâre rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.â (x)
Trump supported his claim that Mexicans are rapists by incorrectly citing an article claiming 80% of immigrants are rapists. What the article actually said 80% of women from Central America are victims of rape with coming to America. To which he responded âWell, somebodyâs doing the raping! I mean, sombodyâs doing the raping! Whoâs doing the raping?â (x)
âJeb Bush has to like the Mexican Illegals because of his wife.â (x)
Two brothers, inspired by Trumpâs anti-immigration speech, attacked a 58 year old homeless Latino. âDonald Trump was right they need to be deported,â they said. When Trump heard about the incident he insisted that his fans were just âvery passionate,â and âthey love this country and they want this country to be great again.â (x)
âIâm leading in the Hispanic vote, and Iâm going to win the Hispanic vote. Iâm also leading in the regular vote.â (x)Â
âI donât think itâs a small percentage, itâs a lot.â - When asked why heâs painting all 11 million undocumented immigrants as rapists. (x)
âI will build a great wall â and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me âand Iâll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.â (x)
âJeb Bush is crazy, who cares that he speaks Mexican, this is America, English!!â (x)
When Latino journalist, Jorge Ramos, tried to asked Trump questions about his immigration stance, Trump had him removed. As Ramos was being removed Trump told him to âgo back to Univision.â (x)
âDruggies, drug dealers, rapists and killers are coming across the southern border. When will the U.S. get smart and stop this travesty?â (x)
âThe Oscars were a great night for Mexico & why not â they are ripping off the US more than almost any other nation.â (x)
Michael Cohen, Trumpâs right hand man who often speaks in his place, has said that Trump will have to win over Black voters because âother minority groups wonât support him.â âIâm talking about now like Hispanic coalitions that ⊠will not support Trump. The ones that donât like Trump arenât even here legally and they canât vote, so it doesnât really matter, right? And I understand their point of view. Theyâre â they do not want to be asked to leave right? And go back where? Go back to their homes? You know they donât want to. So I understand.â (x)
âLaziness is a trait in the blacks. ⊠Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yamakas every day.â (x)
âOur great African American President hasnât exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore!â (x)
âI have a great relationship with the blacks. Iâve always had a great relationship with the blacks.â (x)
âA well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. ⊠If I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.â (x)
When a Black protester, Mercutio Southall Jr., shouted âBlack Lives Matter,â at one of his debates Trump told the audience âGet him the hell out of here, will you, please? Get him out of here. Throw him out!â His supporters then attacked Southall and shouted racial slurs while kicking and punching him. As the protester was escorted out, the crowd chanted âall lives matter.â (x)
In reponse to the incident above Trump said that Southall was being âso obnoxious and loud,â and backed up the violence by saying âmaybe he should have been roughed up.â (x)
âI have a lot of fans, and they were not happy about it. And this was a very obnoxious guy who was a troublemaker who was looking to make trouble.â -Still defending the violence Mercutio Southall Jr. experienced at his rally. (x)
He tweeted a false crime statistic report on his Twitter account that showed low crime rates for white Americans and extremely high crime rates for Black Americans. It said that white victims of murder is caused by Black people 81% of the time, when the number is actually 14% It also said that white murdered other whites at 16% rather than the true 82.3% The infographic was also accompanied by a Black man pointing a gun with a bandana over his face. The image used originated from a neo-naziâs Twitter account. (x)
When Bill OâReilly called trump out on his false statistics he said that heâs âprobably the least racist person on Earth.â And rid himself of responsibility by saying he didnât tweet that image he just retweeted it. And thought it was ridiculous that OâReilly expected him to fact check every statistic. (x)
âSadly, because president Obama has done such a poor job as president, you wonât see another black president for generations!â (x)
âAnd if you look at black and African American youth, to a point where theyâve never done more poorly. Â Thereâs no spirit.â (x)
âThe concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.â (x)
âI know the Chinese. Iâve made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind.â (x)
âWho the fuck knows? I mean, really, who knows how much the Japs will pay for Manhattan property these days?â (x)
During a rally, Trump talked about making deals with Japan and China and used broken English and a cartoonish accent to immitate an Asian. (x)
Joe Choe, a Harvard student who calls out politicians on their inaccurate statement, was interrupted when questioning Trump with âare you from South Korea.â (x)
Trump admits that he may have implemented the Japanese internment camps. âI would have had to be there at the time to tell you, to give you a proper answer. I certainly hate the concept of it. But I would have had to be there at the time to give you a proper answer.â He then went on to defend it by saying that we do questionable things to win wars, and complained that we no longer win because of it. ââBut you know war is tough. And winning is tough. We donât win anymore. We donât win wars anymore. We donât win wars anymore. Weâre not a strong country anymore. Weâre just so off.â (x)
Trump made comments about members of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe saying âThey donât look like Indians to me. They donât look like Indians to Indians.â (x)
He spoke in support for the Washington Redskins name by saying âI know Indians that are extremely proud of that name. They think itâs a positive.â (x)Â
Trump has stated that he would âimmediately approve the Keystone XL pipeline,â if elected president. A project that interferes with sacred sites and water supplies for many Native people. (x)
Trump funded ads to stop casino from being built in New York. In the ads they said things like âThe St. Regis Mohawk Indian record of criminal activity is well documented.â The ads used hypodermic needles and drug paraphernalia and asked âAre these the new neighbors we want?â (x)
Recently Mt. McKinley was changed back to itâs original name Mt. Denali, which is the name the indigenous people of Alaska originally titled it. Trump said that this change was a âgreat insult to Ohio,â which is where President McKinley was born and never even visited Alaska. He has pledged to change the name back to Mt. McKinley if he gets elected. (x)
âItâs weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they canât sink three-footers anymore. And, I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.â (x)
âIâm not for gay marriage. Itâs not an argument thatâs been discussed with me very much. People know itâs not my thing one way or another.â (x)
âI just donât feel good about it, I donât feel right about it. And I take a lot of heat because I come from New York.â (x)
âI looked at her name, and somebody brought this up to me: âJennatal.â Those are the first letters of her name. And itâs âgenital.â And Iâm saying to myself, âHmm, thatâs strange, could there be an ulterior motive?ââ -Â On transgender Miss USA contestant, Jenna Talackova. (x)
Trump mocked reporter, Serge Kovaleski, at one of his rallies. Kovaleski has arthrogryposis, a rare, congenital musculoskeletal condition that limits the movements in his arms. Trump imitated Kovaleski by holding up his arms and flailing them and used a mocking, incoherant voice. (x)
After backlash for mocking Serge Kovaleski, Donald Trump said that he didnât make fun of him and didnât even know the guy, despite meeting him throughout the years and outright saying âyou gotta see this guy,â before making fun of him. He then claimed that Kovaleski was âusing his disability to grandstand.â (x)
Charles Krauthammer, a conservative critic, called Donald Trump a ârodeo clown,â Trump mocked Krauthammer for being disabled. Krauthammer is paralyzed from the waist down, and Trump said he could not believe that he was being called names by someone who could not even âbuy a pair of pants.â (x)
The title of his newest book is called âCrippled America.â
Donald Trump has shown interest in appointing Michael Savage to head the National Institutes of Health a man who had this to say about autism: âIâll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, itâs a brat who hasnât been told to cut the act out. Thatâs what autism is. What do you mean they scream and theyâre silent? They donât have a father around to tell them, âDonât act like a moron. Youâll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Donât sit there crying and screaming, idiot.ââ (x)
Heâs repeatedly said that mosques and Muslims in the United States should be surveilled, even to go as far as saying we should shut down all mosques. (x)
Trump was asked by a reporter if he would implement a database to track all Muslims to which he responded he âwould certainly implementâ that database. He denies saying this, even though itâs on video. (x)
He said that he personally saw âthousands and thousands,â of Muslims cheering, dancing, and burning flags in Jersey City when 9/11 happened. He lated clarified he saw it on television, but there is no proof to back up this claim. (x)
At a rally a man said to Trump âWe have a problem in this country. Itâs called MuslimsâŠBut anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. Thatâs my question. When can we get rid of âem?â Trump responded that heâs going to be âweâre going to be looking into that.â (x)
After some backlash Trump released a statement saying that he just meant they would be looking into the âMuslim training camps,â and that it âwas referring to the need to protect Christians religious liberties as his previous statement says and nothing more.â (x)
He has proposed a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States including Muslim citizens who are currently abroad. (x)
When his proposed Muslim-ban was met with controversy he responded that âsomething has to be done,â and âWhat Iâm doing is Iâm calling very simply for a shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.â (x)
âThe United Kingdom is trying hard to disguise their massive  Muslim problem.â (x)
While giving a speech for the Republican Jewish Coalition Trump kept spewing Jewish stereotypes to the crowd. â"Is there anyone in this room who doesnât negotiate deals? Probably more than any room Iâve ever spoken.â âIâm a negotiator, like you folks.â and âYouâre not going to support me because I donât want your money.â (x)
âThe only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yamakas every day.â -Playboy interview
His ex-wife, Ivana, said she was âviolated,â by Trump during their marriage, and use the word ârape,â to describe a particular incident. She later said she didnât use the word rape in a literal sense, but still says that she âfelt violated.â Â Michael Cohen, Â special counsel at The Trump Organization, defended Trump by saying âYou cannot rape your spouse.â Â (x)
In response to unreported sexual assault in the military Donald Trump commented âWhat do these geniuses expect when they put men and women together.â (x)
âItâs certainly not groundbreaking news that the early victories by the women on âThe Apprenticeâ were, to a very large extent, dependent on their sex appeal.â - From his 2004 book How to Get Rich
âYou know, it doesnât really matter what the media write as long as youâve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.â - From and interview in Esquire magazine
âI mean, we could say politically correct that look doesnât matter, but the look obviously matters, like you wouldnât have your job if you werenât beautiful.â - Trump to a female reporter
When lawyer Elizabeth Beck requested a break from a 2011 deposition to pump breast milk, âHe got up, his face got red, he shook his finger at me and he screamed, âYouâre disgusting, youâre disgusting,â and he ran out of there,â according to Beck. (x)
âThere are basically three types of women and reactions. One is the good woman who very much loves her future husband, solely for himself, but refuses to sign the agreement on principle. I fully understand this, but the man should take a pass anyway and find someone else. The other is the calculating woman who refuses to sign the prenuptial agreement because she is expecting to take advantage of the poor, unsuspecting sucker sheâs got in her grasp. There is also the woman who will openly and quickly sign a prenuptial agreement in order to make a quick hit and take the money given to her.â Trumpâs 1997 book The Art of the Comeback
âIf Hillary Clinton canât satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America.â - Now deleted Tweet by Donald Trump (x)
According to New York Times columnist Gail Collins âDuring one down period, I referred to him in print as a 'financially embattled thousandaireâ and he sent me a copy of the column with my picture circled and 'The Face of a Dog!â written over it.â (x)
Trump said that Arianna Huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, âis unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision.â
Talking about Megyn Kelly at the debates: âShe gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions⊠You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.â (x)
About his own daughter: âshe does have a very nice figure. Iâve said if Ivanka werenât my daughter, perhaps Iâd be dating her.â (x)
âYou know whoâs one of the great beauties of the world, according to everybody? And I helped create her. Ivanka. My daughter, Ivanka. Sheâs 6 feet tall, sheâs got the best body.
âIâve known Paris Hilton from the time sheâs 12. Her parents are friends of mine, and, you know, the first time I saw her, she walked into the room and I said, âWho the hell is that?â ⊠Well, at 12, I wasnât interested. Iâve never been into that. Theyâre sort of always stuck around that 25 category.â
Gloria Allred represented Ms. USA contestant Jenna Talackova, a trans woman, and said that Trump needs to stop focusing so much on genitals after he joked about her client. He told TMZ âI think Gloria Allred would be very, very, very, very impressed with my penis. I think she would have a whole new image of Donald Trump.â (x)
âExcuse me, you dropped to your knees? It must be a pretty picture. You dropping to your knees.â Trump said in response to Brande Roderick on an episode of âCelebrity Apprentice.
Trump on women: âYou have to treat âem like sh*t.â â direct quote from New York Magazine.
âSheâs not giving me 100 percent. Sheâs giving me 84 percent, and 16 percent is going towards taking care of children.â TIME issue May 2011
Donald Trump has tweeted 44 times (and counting) about how climate change was a hoax because it was cold and/or snowy and he did this mostly in the winter.Â
âIâm in Los Angeles and itâs freezing. Global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!â - Tweeted in December (x)
âItâs snowing & freezing in NYC. What the hell ever happened to global warming?â (x)
âWith the coldest winter ever recorded, with snow setting record levels up and down the coast, the Nobel committee should take the Nobel Prize back from Al Gore. Gore wants us to clean up our factories and plants in order to protect us from global warming, when China and other countries couldnât care less. It would make us totally noncompetitive in the manufacturing world, and China, Japan and India are laughing at Americaâs stupidity.â (x)
âThe concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.â (x)
âWe should be focused on clean and beautiful air-not expensive and business closing GLOBAL WARMING-a total hoax!â (x)
âThis very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.â (x)
âItâs freezing and snowing in New Yorkâwe need global warming!â (x)
"Heâs not a war hero. Heâs a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werenât captured, OK, I hate to tell you.â
âLet golf be elitist. When I say 'aspire,â thatâs a positive word. Let people work hard and aspire to some day be able to play golf. To afford to play it. Theyâre trying to teach golf to people who will never be able to really play it.â (x)
Klan leader, David Duke, has given out his support for Trump as president saying Trump âunderstands the real sentiment of America.â âI praise the fact that heâs come out on the immigration issue. Iâm beginning to get the idea that heâs a good salesman. That heâs an entrepreneur and he has a good sense of what people want to hear what they want to buy.â (x)
Trump wants to do away with birthright citizenship. When Bill OâReilly told him that couldnât happen due to the 14th Amendment, Trump said "Bill, I think youâre wrong about the 14th amendment and frankly the whole thing about anchor babies.â He then claimed his lawyers found holes in the amendment and it wouldnât hold up in court. (x)
Trump has repeatedly talked about âtaking the oil,â from other countries and it is often repeated when he talks about his policies for the Middle East. Heâs even said that we should take the oil because âIn the old days, you know when you had a war, to the victor belong the spoils. You go in. You win the war and you take it⊠. Youâre not stealing anything⊠. Weâre taking back $1.5 trillion to reimburse ourselves. (x)
After John Oliver made negative comments about Donald Trump, he tweeted that he was asked to be on his show Last Week Tonight and refused his âvery boring and low rated show.â However, Trump was never even asked to be on the show. (x)
He was actually one of the people mad about the Starbucks red cups not being Christmasy enough, suggesting we should boycott the company. He then said âIf I become president, weâre all going to be saying, 'Merry Christmasâ again. That I can tell you.â (x)Â
He was one of the main people behind the âbirther,â controversy - claiming that President Obama was not born in the U.S. He even said he had an âextremely credible source,â that told him Obamaâs birth certificate is a fraud. He said he would reveal all his information he had when he had proof and nothing ever came of that. (x)
In general he falls into the group of people who believes there is a war on Christmas. âThe word 'Christmasâ â I love Christmas. I love Christmas. You go to stores now, you donât see the word 'Christmas.â It says 'Happy Holidaysâ all over. Remember the expression, 'Merry Christmas?â You donât see it anymore. Youâre going to see it if I get elected, I can tell you right now! (x)
"We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand whatâs happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some ways. Somebody will say, 'Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.â These are foolish people.â (x)
Not only does he not support raising the minimum wage, he also believes that the wages are currently âtoo high.â (x)
And finally these are his fans and this is how Ann Coulter introduced him at a rally in Iowa.Â