Once again, the Orange King reminds us, among his many fairy
tales, how he loves and has done more for "people of color" than any other King.
Really? Doth the King
recount one fairy tale too many?
Where did he learn how to "love minorities"?
Daddy, of course. In addition to inheriting his money, the Orange King inherited
his father’s racism. ((Daddy Fred was an active member of the KKK in NYC and newspapers
reported his participation - 1927 - attacking Catholic NYC Policeman marching in
Memorial Day parade.)
The Orange King’s daddy, was investigated in 1954 by a Senate committee for “profiteering" off the Beach Haven public contracts; this was a public-housing project in Queens,
NY for veterans - built with federal loans. The Orange King’s father had a coding system that kept non-whites out
of the lily-white apartments.
Move along about 20 years: the young Orange King's work in daddy Trump’s
empire (daddy made him the firm's “president”))
helps "enhance" his “love for people of color".
Really?
In 1972, a black woman tried to rent an apartment in
Brooklyn from Donald Trump’s real estate company; she was told no apartments
were available. Very soon after her dismissal, a white woman asked about
renting an apartment in the same building and was offered a choice of two
available apartments.
The women were Government undercover “testers” following up
on reports that Trump Management Inc. discriminated against minorities looking
for apartments in their Brooklyn and Queens’ properties. The Government evidence proved that Trump employees were
directed to turn away Blacks and Puerto Ricans from their properties.
In 1973, the Justice Department filed a civil rights case accusing
the Trump firm of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968. (14,000 apartments involved in this case)
The case, one of the biggest federal housing discrimination
suits to be brought during that time, highlighted the Trump family chicanery.
Displaying his future Orange King behavior, young Trump would not hear of “settling” the case, He needed a fighting
lying lawyer but unfortunately was not
appreciated by most NYC lawyers who didn’t like working for a man known for not paying bills in a timely manner. He found his perfect match
with the infamous Roy Cohn (Senator McCarthy
hearing lawyer).
Cohn’s advice to Trump: tell the government to “go to hell.”
(And adding a few "kingly" enhancements, he’s been doing this non-stop since those days - Sue! Attack, Hit back, Change the subject/rules and most
important – LIE! - whatever works!)
With Cohn’s help and noisy NYC press conferences, Trump
became the accuser and the Government the bad guy. He sued the Government for
$100 million for making false accusations.
In the end, the Justice Dept. won their case – but then as
now – the Orange King refused to admit he was wrong.
(The real winners?
Lawyers. Wasted time, money and unnecessary anguish.)
(BTW – as soon as his
best friend and lawyer Roy Cohn was diagnosed with AIDS, Trump dropped him like
a hot potato. Now there’s a friend!)
So the Orange King shouted out his love/caring for people of
color to a sparsely populated arena in Tulsa on Saturday, June 20,2020. Guess
you can file it with the close to 20,000 other lies served up in the past four
years.
