Trump Continues His Blatant Disrespect of Black Women Journalists. Thousands of People Push Back.
March 31st 2020
Yamiche Alcindor White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour (LBJ Library)
By Denise Oliver Valez (of the Daily Kos community)
It was good to see #WeLoveYamiche, trending on Twitter after Donald Trump once again openly disrespected Black female journalist Yamiche Alcindor, who is the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour.
Thousands of people took to Twitter to give her support; fellow journalists, viewers, friends, her Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority sisters, activists and politicians all tweeted in solidarity with Alcindor, who has remained calm and focused throughout.
More people are noticing what has become a pattern for Trump. Alcindor is not the first, nor will she be the last black woman attacked by the Resident — as long as the Racist-Sexist-in-Chief controls the nation’s bully pulpit.
No question about it — he is a bully.
Some Twitter responses:
From political analyst and campaign organizer Karine Jean-Pierre, who is Haitian-American. Alcindor’s parents are from Haiti.
From standup comedian and television host W. Kamau Bell:
From an AKA sorority sister:
From a viewer:
The Root’s Michael Harriot opines on the “why” of Trump’s behavior.
Alcindor was interviewed on Morning Joe, just a little over a week ago on Trump’s behavior towards her.
PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor reacts to footage of the president last week calling her inquiry about the 2018 dismantling of a pandemic unit as a 'nasty question.'
We already know that Trump loves to use the “nasty” word. Let’s not forget this 2018 Newsweek story:
President Donald Trump, who defended himself against claims of racism just this week, has attacked six prominent black women in the three days since the midterm elections that resulted in Democrats taking House control from the Republicans.
Trump challenged the women's intelligence and in a degrading tone called one "nasty" and a "loser." He also said he was being asked a "racist question" and a "stupid question."
The women ranged from journalists to an election official, a politician and a former first lady.
The journalists were White House correspondents April Ryan, and CNN reporter Abby Phillip. Trump has tried to silence Ryan ever since he took office.
Black women across the nation watch television and read the news.
We see this.
We’ll see Donald Trump at the polls.
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