The ‘new Trump’ is a no-show

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The ‘new Trump’ is a no-show - The Washington Post
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On Thursday night, Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Mexican heritage of the judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University was an “absolute conflict” because of the real estate mogul’s proposal to build a wall along the border with Mexico.

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Could a Muslim Judge Be Trump Neutral? Trump Thinks Not - The New York Times
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/us/politics/could-a-muslim-judge-be-trump-neutral-trump-thinks-not.html

Donald J. Trump said Sunday that a Muslim judge might have trouble remaining neutral in a lawsuit against him, extending his race-based criticism of the jurist overseeing the case to include religion and opening another path for Democrats who have criticized him sharply for his remarks.

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Donald Trump: ’Look at my African-American over here’
▻http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/04/donald-trump-look-at-my-african-american-over-here

He opened his campaign by accusing Mexican immigrants of being rapists and drug smugglers, before proposing to ban foreign Muslims from entering the country.
And despite polling evidence to the contrary, he continues to insist he has overwhelming support among America’s ethnic minorities.
After pointing out the audience member, Mr Trump then went on with his story, which appeared to match events at a March rally that took place in Arizona.
“We had an African-American guy at one of the rallies a month ago, and he was sitting there behaving,” said Mr Trump.

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‘Inexcusable’: #Gingrich Condemns Trump’s Decision to Refer to Indiana-Born Judge Curiel as ‘Mexican’ | TheBlaze.com
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One of the more notable critiques Trump has received came from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was quick to condemn the candidate’s accusations.
“I don’t know what Trump’s reasoning was, and I don’t care,” Gingrich told the Washington Post in an email. “His description of the judge in terms of his parentage is completely unacceptable.”

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Let’s narrow down which judges wouldn’t be demographically biased against Donald Trump - The Washington Post
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With that dichotomy in mind, logic would suggest that Trump could probably also exclude as unfit:
Judges from the Democratic Party. […]
Judges who are immigrants. […]
Judges who are women. […]
Judges who are black.
Trump twice this weekend attempted to highlight support from black voters. He first pointed out a black man in the crowd at a rally, though that man wasn’t a Trump supporter. He then tweeted an image of a black family that supported him — but the image was a news photo from an unrelated event. But that aside, his past comments about black people, legal fights surrounding his company’s renting practices and recurring overlap with racists on social media all offer more than enough reason for Trump to assume that a black judge would treat him unfairly.
Judges with physical disabilities. Trump’s now-infamous imitation of New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski speaks for itself.
So what’s left? A white or Asian male Republican judge. The good news for Trump, of course, is that there are plenty of judges who fall into that category. In 2013, the Federal Judiciary Center determined that only 39 percent of federal judges were women and only 37 percent weren’t white. Figure about half of the 874 federal judges were appointed by Republicans, and that’s a pretty big pool from which to choose.
Until Trump comes up with another reason to suggest that the judge is biased against him.

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