# When is the Media Going to Call out Trump for the Open Racism of his Followers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 18, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676 "2015-09-18T14:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/41 "2015-09-20T01:59:23Z")
How did **Mr. Qatro** manage to fly under the radar as a Birther for two whole years here? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/42 "2015-09-20T13:21:53Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I haven’t watched the video (assuming there is one) but for those who have, is there any chance the questioner was a _provocateur_? The question, at least in print form, sounds so over-the-top that it trips my trolldar. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Nope. That was authentic New England redneck gibberish. Would also fit right in south of I-80 in Chicagoland. I _know_ people like that! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/43 "2015-09-20T13:36:28Z")
Personally I was shocked that Trump didn’t immediately jump in with, “Hang on President Obama has denied that he is a Muslim.” An alternative phrasing could have been, “President Obama has claimed that he is not a Muslim.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/44 "2015-09-20T16:37:41Z")
[**Glenn Beck** is calling him out on it!](http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/09/15/glenn-beck-tea-partiers-who-support-donald-trump-are-racist/) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/45 "2015-09-21T03:57:07Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Thank you. It’s sad that the level of lies, malarkey, malice and mischief is so advanced that I need to ask the question. Or that Christie and Graham need to be asked the question. > > How about the others? Cruz? The half-Canadian half-Cuban, [by far the right-wingiest of the batch according to this handy chart](https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/koeze-debates-liveblog-ideology-varsity.png), stood by, and lied for, his [father, Rafael Cruz who condemned Obama for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance properly, being a Godless Marxist, telling him to go back to Kenya.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9kT2LlPVk0&t=75) Trump dodged the question on the Sunday news/talk shows this morning. I thought I heard them say Rubio made it clear he doesn’t buy the birther crap and that Obama is not a Muslim. Carson said the same thing but then said some idiotic other crap about a Muslim being President. I haven’t heard it JEB! or Kasich or anyone else has been asked about this or given a response. Cruz is a complete idiot and won’t take a position on the issue. I suspect he will be rendered irrelevant soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/46 "2015-09-21T16:26:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 Regarding? Regarding any position that Obama wishes to take. Obama could personally address an issue, or direct the WH Press Secretary to address an issue, or let the DNC issue acceptable talking points to the Stephanopoulos-types. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/47 "2015-09-21T16:34:21Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > First because no candidates in serious discussions AFAIK have brought up Trump’s hair **style** as an issue in the campaign. Trump brought up Fiorina’s appearance. (post shortened) Trump’s personal appearance = Fiorina’s personal appearance. Politics is a tough business. Fiorina handled Trump’s comments just fine and appears to have received a boost in the polls due to her effort(s). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/48 "2015-09-21T16:46:03Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened)… Please. Stop doing that. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/49 "2015-09-21T17:00:30Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > What if Mr Trump didn’t say anything? But he did say something. > > If you listen carefully to the many repeats of his town hall meeting on CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC Mr Trump did say something back (under his breath almost). > > He said, “We need more questions like this” and then he said we are looking into the accusation’s that there are Muslim training camps in America. Actually, at 0:16 Trump turned to the audience and said," We need this question? This is the first question?" [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wvYdqT3R0p4/hqdefault.jpg "NH Voter Asks Trump: 'When Can We Get Rid of' Muslims Like Obama?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYdqT3R0p4) You hear what you want to hear. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/50 "2015-09-21T17:04:19Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Please. Stop doing that. Perhaps you could provide a list of which words or statements you find acceptable? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/51 "2015-09-21T17:16:28Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Cruz is a complete idiot and won’t take a position on the issue. I suspect he will be rendered irrelevant soon enough. Not soon enough, but hopefully before he is allowed to destroy the country. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/52 "2015-09-21T17:18:13Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > …I’ll suggest that most conservatives currently ignore the left when the left tells conservatives what or how they should think. The left is simply unbelievable when they do that (telling conservatives what to think). > [@GIGObuster](#): > > Nope, missing the point, no one is telling the conservatives to believe that FOX news is “fair and balanced” they tell us that and even if we think that that is silly the liberals however do recognize that conservatives prefer that news source. But going the other way many conservatives just dismiss it when the liberals tell them that the corporate media is not automatically fair with ideas that the left does consider important. (post shortened) I made my point. Conservatives currently ignore the left when the left tells conservatives what or how they should think. The left is simply unbelievable when they do that (telling conservatives what to think). Demanding that conservatives think like liberals, or that liberals think like conservatives is silly. Conservatives are conservative and liberals are liberal based on what they think. You may not like that but you’re entitled to your opinion. A good democratic government is based cooperation and communication. My ideas, your ideas, everyone’s ideas are added to the Stone Soup and everyone partakes of the end result. That doesn’t mean someone isn’t going to bitch about the flavor. What you consider to be very/most important is not what someone else may consider very/most important. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676/53 "2015-09-21T20:28:53Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > A good democratic government is based cooperation and communication. My ideas, your ideas, everyone’s ideas are added to the Stone Soup and everyone partakes of the end result. That doesn’t mean someone isn’t going to bitch about the flavor. Of course, most of us are left with only the stones. Thanks for the soup, anyhow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-media-going-to-call-out-trump-for-the-open-racism-of-his-followers/731676.md?page=2)