Trump’s Chair Raised Eye Brows with: ”There was no racism until 8 years ago”
Where does he gets them? From what rock did she crawl out of? What, we never had “colored” bathrooms and “White only” swimming pools and water fountains?
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Kathy Miller in The Guardian video.(THE GUARIDAN) |
It’s their own fault.
A Donald Trump campaign chair in Ohio who said there was “no racism” until eight years ago and that the struggles of blacks are their “own fault” resigned Thursday, just hours after her comments were published.
She will be replaced by an African-American woman — who was once an outspoken Trump critic.
The ousted campaign chair, Kathy Miller, ran her racially insensitive mouth in a video interview with The Guardian, which was published Thursday morning.
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In the clip, Miller said there was no racism in America “until Obama got elected.”
“Growing up as a kid, there was no racism, believe me,” Miller, who grew up in the ‘60s, told The Guardian.
“We were just all kids going to school.”
Miller also called the Black Lives Matter movement “a stupid waste of time” and said black voter turnout is relatively low because of “the way they’ve been raised.”
She said blacks have no one but themselves to blame for any problems in America.
“If you’re black and you haven’t been successful in the last 50 years, it’s your own fault,” said Miller, who was chair of Trump’s campaign in Mahoning County.
“You’ve had every opportunity, it was given to you. You’ve had the same schools everybody else went to. You had benefits to go to college that white kids didn’t have. You had all the advantages and didn’t take advantage of it. It’s not our fault, certainly.”
When a reporter pointed out that some people were going to be offended by her comments, Miller replied, “I don’t care, it’s the truth.”
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Soon after the video hit the web, Miller suddenly cared — and resigned from the campaign.
“My personal comments were inappropriate, and I apologize,” she said in a statement through the campaign.
“I am not a spokesperson for the campaign and was not speaking on its behalf. I have resigned as the volunteer campaign chair in Mahoning County and as an elector to the Electoral College to avoid any unnecessary distractions.”
The Trump campaign said Miller would be replaced by Tracey Winbush, an African-American woman who was recently elected treasurer of the Ohio GOP.
But Winbush only started supporting Trump once it became clear he would win the party’s nomination. As late as this March, she participated in a call to reporters in Ohio denouncing Trump.
One month later, she told Toledo Blade she realized she had to go with Trump.
“I’ve got to eat crow, and so do the rest of us,” she said.
The Trump campaign, Miller and Winbush could not be reached for comment.
Miller’s comments came as Trump has made an overt and awkward attempt to sway minority voters — especially in swing states like Ohio.
On Wednesday, Trump visited a black church in Cleveland — where boxing promoter Don King dropped the N-word while introducing the GOP nominee.
By the way Trump’s is making millions out of running for President. Usually candidates go broke spending too much in advertising and salaries. Not Trump.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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