President Donald Trump attempted to honor Black History Month on Friday, but many Twitter users found it hard to believe he actually wrote the tweet.
National African American History Month is an occasion to rediscover the enduring stories of African Americans and the gifts of freedom, purpose, and opportunity they have bestowed on future generations...https://t.co/n9kf58NruZ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2019
Considering Trump’s well-documented history of racist behavior, many critics were unimpressed he acknowledged the monthlong celebration of black culture.
Please shut the entire hell up @realDonaldTrump about Black History Month. You’re a white supremacist & don’t like Black people. We don’t need you to pretend you do. How about you apologize to the #CentralPark5 in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth?
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) February 1, 2019
Btw, how is Frederick Douglass? pic.twitter.com/N0UGkl8L74
To kick off Black History Month, lets discuss the Central Park Five, and how you basically tried to lynch mob them 🤔 https://t.co/IFEmQXtYSc
— atom basham (@atombasham) February 1, 2019
Maybe you should invite Frederick Douglas for dinner honoring the Central Park 5 while giving a public apology condemning your actions!
— Verles Page (@veepage) February 1, 2019
How you gonna mention Jackie Robinson but attack Kaepernick??? Do you not realize they wanted the same thing?
— Tia Hopkins (@MsTiaHopkins) February 1, 2019
It honestly pisses me off that @realDonaldTrump wants to rename Black History Month this is a person who wouldn’t condemn neo Nazis, thinks Frederick Douglass is alive, attacks poc, won’t denounce the support from the KKK, and didn’t do a thing for HBCU except take a picture 🤬
— Mike MacCormick (@DFWsMrFantastic) February 1, 2019
take all of our names out of your racist mouth
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 1, 2019
You’ll notice this tweet is getting far less ‘likes’ and ‘retweets’ than your mindless incoherent others. Why? Your base is racist.
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) February 1, 2019
Meanwhile, many Twitter users felt compelled to tell the president he wasn’t fooling anyone.
You so didn’t write this tweet. Even your racist MAGAT supporters right now are looking at this bullshit like, “say what?”
— WTFGOP? Jail For #Individual1 (@DogginTrump) February 1, 2019
You didn’t write this.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 1, 2019
Like you would ever know what “bestowed” means let alone know how to spell it 😂.
I’ll take tweets that Trump didn’t write for $500, Alex
— VK (@Vheed44) February 1, 2019
On the bright side for the president, Yahoo reports that Twitter users also slammed Melania Trump’s Black History Month tweet, so maybe the two have something to talk about at dinner.
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