mick silver
15th December 2015, 10:47 AM
Donald Trump finds Justice Scalia’s race comments beyond the paleBy Doina Chiacu (http://blogs.reuters.com/doina-chiacu/)
December 13, 201
Affirmative action (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/affirmative-action) | race (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/race) | Scalia (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/scalia) | Trump (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/trump) | University of Texas (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/university-of-texas)
http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/files/2015/12/RTR4A1EE-585x416.jpgSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at an event sponsored by the Federalist Society at the New York Athletic Club in New York, October 13, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump weighed in on Sunday against Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia’s comments on affirmative action in university admissions.
The conservative justice suggested during a hearing last week that some blacks and Hispanics are not strong enough candidates to be admitted purely on academic criteria and might be better off attending “slower-track” schools where they can prosper.
“I thought his remarks were very, very tough. I think they were very, very tough to the African American community actually. I don’t like what he said, no,” Trump said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program.
Trump said he had “great” friendships with African Americans and was surprised at Scalia’s comments. He also took a swipe at President Barack Obama, saying he has done “very little” for the African American community.
If elected president in 2016, Trump would have the responsibility of nominating justices to the highest U.S. court.
Black communities may not see that as a great thing.
The billionaire businessman, who is leading the 2016 Republican presidential contest, has come under fire for tweeting what critics called racially charged statistics about black murder rates and for saying a black protester at one of his political rallies deserved to be “roughed up.”
Trump held a meeting last month with a group of black pastors despite objections from other African-American clergy and academics over what they called Trump’s racially charged rhetoric. Trump’s campaign had said the group would formally endorse him, but later proceeded only with the private meeting.
In an open letter before that meeting, 114 black religious leaders and academics criticized clergy members for failing, they said, to challenge him over his controversial statements
December 13, 201
Affirmative action (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/affirmative-action) | race (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/race) | Scalia (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/scalia) | Trump (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/trump) | University of Texas (http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/tag/university-of-texas)
http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/files/2015/12/RTR4A1EE-585x416.jpgSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at an event sponsored by the Federalist Society at the New York Athletic Club in New York, October 13, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump weighed in on Sunday against Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia’s comments on affirmative action in university admissions.
The conservative justice suggested during a hearing last week that some blacks and Hispanics are not strong enough candidates to be admitted purely on academic criteria and might be better off attending “slower-track” schools where they can prosper.
“I thought his remarks were very, very tough. I think they were very, very tough to the African American community actually. I don’t like what he said, no,” Trump said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program.
Trump said he had “great” friendships with African Americans and was surprised at Scalia’s comments. He also took a swipe at President Barack Obama, saying he has done “very little” for the African American community.
If elected president in 2016, Trump would have the responsibility of nominating justices to the highest U.S. court.
Black communities may not see that as a great thing.
The billionaire businessman, who is leading the 2016 Republican presidential contest, has come under fire for tweeting what critics called racially charged statistics about black murder rates and for saying a black protester at one of his political rallies deserved to be “roughed up.”
Trump held a meeting last month with a group of black pastors despite objections from other African-American clergy and academics over what they called Trump’s racially charged rhetoric. Trump’s campaign had said the group would formally endorse him, but later proceeded only with the private meeting.
In an open letter before that meeting, 114 black religious leaders and academics criticized clergy members for failing, they said, to challenge him over his controversial statements