I agree with those who say the racism card is played too often and, being that it is such a serious accusation, I am hesistant to throw it at someone. But, I cannot see how Trump’s tweet from today, saying if Biden becomes president that low income housing would “invade” the suburbs and Corey Booker (a black man) would be in charge of it. I find it hard to believe that the president did not deliberately choose his words to stoke racial fears. Convince me otherwise.
I don’t know about that. He’s definitely fearmongering though; with the mess and crime spikes in the cities as of late - wants to make suburbanites afraid and reiterate that he’s the “Law and order” president.
In my opinion, this is my trump tweet translation:
“suburban” means white, “safety” means “away from black people,” “low-income housing” means “black people,” “Corey Booker in charge” means “black person in charge.” It’s “what if we make the entire tweet out of the racist dog-whistle.”
I interpret it to mean that Trump says that he will not support a program which includes regulations where low income government subsidized housing is put in suburbs, and that he thinks this will benefit him politically.
You are assuming that only liberals are low-income? And it is not people coming from cities who can’t afford to live in the suburbs. It is the low-income service people who have to move farther and farther away from where they work in order to be able to afford a place to live. This increases traffic, pollution, and means less time to spend with their family.