Thread: Trump wants Oprah as his 2016 running mate

Trump wants Oprah as his 2016 running mate

By Joe Tacopino

June 16, 2015 | 9:00pm

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Donald Trump wants Oprah Winfrey as his sidekick in the 2016 presidential race.Photo: Left: Getty Images; right: Oprah Winfrey


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Real estate mogul-turned-celebrity TV star Donald Trump already had an “Aha!” moment about his 2016 running mate.
After declaring his run for the White House Tuesday, Trump appeared on ABC and said Oprah Winfrey would complete his presidential dream ticket.
“I think Oprah would be great. I’d love to have Oprah,” Trump said. “I think we’d win easily, actually.”

Trump had suggested Oprah as a potential sidekick once before — while considering a bid for the presidency in 1999.
Now that he’s officially running, he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that she’s a perfect fit.

“She’s great, she’s talented, she’s a friend of mine,” he said.

“She’s a good person. I’ve been on her show. In fact, I was on her show last week, she said, could I be on her show with the whole family?”
The Republican hopeful emphasized that everybody loves Oprah.

“I like Oprah. I mean, is that supposed to be a bad thing? I don’t think so,” Trump said.
Trump announced his presidential candidacy earlier Tuesday during a rousing speech at Trump Tower.


FILED UNDER 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION , DONALD TRUMP , OPRAH WINFREY

http://nypost.com/2015/06/16/trump-w...-running-mate/

Oprah Backs Pres. Obama’s Agenda in Progressive Harvard Graduation Speech (VIDEO)

Not only was Oprah Winfrey’s one of then-Senator Barack Obama’s first and most passionate supporters back in 2008, in a commencement speech to Harvard’s 2013 graduates, she bravely reiterated her support of President Obama’s agenda.

Never been one to shy away from sharing her political opinions, Miss Winfrey talk frankly about the importance of gun-control, immigration reform, and several other top priorities of Pres. Obama’s second term agenda.

“We understand that the vast majority of people in this country believe in stronger background checks because they realize that we can uphold the Second Amendment and reduce the violence that is robbing us of our children. They don’t have to be incompatible,” she said to applause from the crowd.

She also spoke about the need for “a clear path to citizenship for the 12 million undocumented immigrants who reside in this country.”

“It’s possible to both enforce our laws and, at the same time, embrace the words on the Statue of Liberty that have welcomed generations of huddled masses to our shores,” she told the crowd. “We can do both.”
She also took on the cynical culture of Washington that Obama often decries.

“We are better than the cynicism and the pessimism that is regurgitated throughout Washington and the 24-hour cable news cycle,” she said.

While the Washington consensus might be that her ideas are divisive and controversial, the polls show her ideas are part of the American mainstream, as most Americans agree with her and the president.

Please do your part in spreading her and our presidents message by sharing this and other related articles/videos on social media forums.

Watch Oprah’s address to the Harvard class of 2013 below:

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/oprah...-speech-video/

Her stance on immigration is totally wrong, but she is a dynamic and talented person. That's why Trump he likes her, and he's right, that's a good thing.

Is Ann Coulter too radical?
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Americans first in this magnificent country

American jobs for American workers

Fair trade, not free trade

Originally Posted by vistalad

Is Ann Coulter too radical?
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Americans first in this magnificent country

American jobs for American workers

Fair trade, not free trade

She's off on the social issues. Ann Coulter is great on trade and immigration but her social issue positions are just wrong. Trump won't pick someone like that because he's not like that. I'm sure that's one of the reasons he likes Oprah so much, she's a good person.

Black Leader Challenges Oprah's Claims of White Racism

"I believe that Oprah has always been a closet racist"

11.19.2013
News
Jeff Dunetz
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Last week Oprah Winfrey charged that the United States was a racist nation, claiming that a whole generation of Americans were "born and bred and marinated" in racism and would have to die out before racism would end. She followed by saying that those who push back against President Obama's agenda do so because he is black.

Now the actress and media mogul is getting pushback herself, and this time she cannot brush it away with false charges of racism.
On his Monday radio show, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny) and the South Central L.A. Tea Party, chastised Ms. Winfrey for her comments:

Oprah Winfrey is sending a destructive and racist message to black youth. She made the outrageous claim that blacks in America are still terrorized by whites because of their race. I’m calling on Oprah to back up her claims and give proof of blacks being terrorized by whites. She can’t—because it’s not happening!

To the contrary, it’s black thugs who viciously attack and commit crimes against whites. Black criminals are also killing other blacks in cities like Chicago (Oprah’s hometown). Last year, the city had 500 black on black murders. When will Oprah talk about black racism and terror?
Successful blacks such as Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama and others who race-bait are doing a disservice to the black community. This type of racial demagoguery divides the races and encourages hatred and violence toward whites. It also shuts down honest and meaningful dialog between the races.

Winfrey is a billionaire and she built a media empire with white people’s support. The older generation of whites that she says need to die out in order for racism to vanish also watch her movies and purchase her products. Her success and the election of Barack Obama exemplify just how little white-on-black racism exists. For her to sully an entire segment of innocent white Americans to a foreign press outlet is racist and an insult to her own country.

Her recent comments are far more shameful than Paul Deen’s alleged use of a racial slur some thirty years ago. I believe that Oprah has always been a closet racist—she’s just free to express her racism because she’s no longer constrained by her show airing on a major network. She should immediately apologize to the American public for her remarks.”

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/blac...s-white-racism

Here's the actual statement from your link:

Now she has made another charge of racism: according to Oprah, many Americans push back against President Obama's agenda because he is black.

The media mogul spoke to the BBC's Will Gompertz while in the UK to promote her new film The Butler, in which she plays Gloria Gaines, the wife of a White House butler. The interview turned to racism in America. She opined that there was a whole generation of racist people who were "born and bred and marinated" in racism who would never change their ways. Oprah then moved to politics:

MW, that's a pretty mild statement that she made. It's true. How can anyone black or white deny that? She didn't say America was racist, she said there was a generation of racist people who would never change their ways. There's still racism in America, but that doesn't mean we're a racist nation. She didn't say anything about age or old white people dying off. There are still racist people in America of all ages, we in ALIPAC know that, we know that's one of the driving forces behind illegal immigration, to hire illegal Hispanics over black citizens. It's one of the driving forces behind the War on Drugs with blacks targeted for drug offenses to fill up private prisons. It's why we still have black ghettos and why blacks have the highest unemployment and the lowest pay of any group in America by inexplicable outrageous margins. It's why many of US are so disappointed with Barack Obama, even those like me who didn't vote for him but still hoped that as the first Black President, he would do something to make this situation better but instead he has made things significantly worse with his obsession to help illegal aliens most of whom are Caucasian Hispanics stay in our country in violation of US immigration, US labor and US civil rights laws, instead of concern and solutions for black citizens.

Trump made a remark, an opinion he's had since 1999 .... he likes Oprah, that's his right, he'd like to have her as a running mate, that's his right, does that mean he will? Does that he she's even interested? No and No. I'd be very surprised if Oprah would have any interest in the job of Vice President of the United States. But of this I'm sure, if she did, even though she's misguided on immigration and yes totally wrong on that issue, I believe she would do as good a job as Vice President as most other Vice Presidents who have all held the same view as she has for at least the past 5 Presidencies because the Presidents have held this same view. Trump doesn't have that same view which is why some of US like him so much, and as his running mate, she would have to abide his view. And she would learn why his view which is our view is right. Condoleeza Rice holds the same view as Oprah and pushes for amnesty for illegal aliens all the time, so attacking Oprah over her comments doesn't make a lot of sense at this point, but I'm sure it makes for good radio for Rev. Peterson.

Originally Posted by Judy

Here's the actual statement from your link:



MW, that's a pretty mild statement that she made. It's true. How can anyone black or white deny that? She didn't say America was racist, she said there was a generation of racist people who would never change their ways. There's still racism in America, but that doesn't mean we're a racist nation. She didn't say anything about age or old white people dying off. There are still racist people in America of all ages, we in ALIPAC know that, we know that's one of the driving forces behind illegal immigration, to hire illegal Hispanics over black citizens. It's one of the driving forces behind the War on Drugs with blacks targeted for drug offenses to fill up private prisons. It's why we still have black ghettos and why blacks have the highest unemployment and the lowest pay of any group in America by inexplicable outrageous margins. It's why many of US are so disappointed with Barack Obama, even those like me who didn't vote for him but still hoped that as the first Black President, he would do something to make this situation better but instead he has made things significantly worse with his obsession to help illegal aliens most of whom are Caucasian Hispanics stay in our country in violation of US immigration, US labor and US civil rights laws, instead of concern and solutions for black citizens.

Trump made a remark, an opinion he's had since 1999 .... he likes Oprah, that's his right, he'd like to have her as a running mate, that's his right, does that mean he will? Does that he she's even interested? No and No. I'd be very surprised if Oprah would have any interest in the job of Vice President of the United States. But of this I'm sure, if she did, even though she's misguided on immigration and yes totally wrong on that issue, I believe she would do as good a job as Vice President as most other Vice Presidents who have all held the same view as she has for at least the past 5 Presidencies because the Presidents have held this same view. Trump doesn't have that same view which is why some of US like him so much, and as his running mate, she would have to abide his view. And she would learn why his view which is our view is right. Condoleeza Rice holds the same view as Oprah and pushes for amnesty for illegal aliens all the time, so attacking Oprah over her comments doesn't make a lot of sense at this point, but I'm sure it makes for good radio for Rev. Peterson.

Attacking Oprah on her position of amnesty for illegals makes a great deal of sense to me! For the record, I'd attack Rice for the exact same thing.

Excerpt from Judy's comment:

She didn't say anything about age or old white people dying off.

That is not the way I read this:

“There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die,” she says proudly in this interview.

http://mrconservative.com/2014/10/51...e-need-to-die/

I think you, I, and everyone else can clearly see she's talking about old white folks dying off.

Originally Posted by MW

Excerpt from Judy's comment:



That is not the way I read this:



http://mrconservative.com/2014/10/51...e-need-to-die/

I think you, I, and everyone else can clearly see she's talking about old white folks dying off.

Well that's not the link you posted that I responded to and the video in the mrconservative link you just posted says the video does not exist when you click on it.

For Oprah Winfrey to be referring to old white folks dying off to end racism would mean she's an idiot who doesn't understand the age of police officers who target black people, self-annoited neighborhood watch guys who hunt black kids down on their way home from the 7-11, young employers/owners like Mark Zuckerberg who promote illegal immigration and fund organizations to advance their cause so they don'thave to hire black people, oh really, Oprah may not be informed about the impact of illegal immigration on the black race, but I would be very surprised if she really thinks racism dies with the old white crowd.

She may have made that statement but she didn't make it in the first post .... she moved on to politics in that overseas interview and if there's another interview of her making such a statement as you're claiming, someone needs to post the "clip" mrconservative is referring to.

If it were true, I would admire her for saying it, but unfortunately the root racism in this country will definitely not die off when older white Americans pass away. The generational if not genetic causes of this will remain for many many more decades. The obligation of society and the government in the meantime is to ensure that black people are not harmed, mistreated, abused, discriminated against or deprived of jobs and other socio-economic benefits and opportunities because of it.