5 most brilliant things Donald Trump said at first Presidential Debate
By David Rouben
“We need to bring back law and order”
One of Lester Holt’s questions was related to the recent police shootings of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott. Of course, those are just a few of many shootings that have sparked protests across the country and from professional athletes.
Trying to solve racism in two minutes is mundane, to be sure. But when asked what his plan was to stop systemic racism, Donald Trump said we should “bring back law and order” — even though that show’s been on the air for over 20 years, and has had too many spin-offs to count.
On a more serious note, he also said we should bring back stop and frisk, even though that was deemed unconstitutional in New York since more people were inclined to stop and frisk blacks and Hispanics. But Trump said that it was “just police choosing to violate the rights of people they think look like criminals.” In other words, the exact definition of racial profiling.
That was when Hillary responded with perhaps her best line of the entire debate. When asked if there was racism among policemen, she doubled down and said “We’ve got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system. We can’t just say ‘law and order.'”
That was a great line, since it’s hard to disagree that there isn’t systemic racism in America. As far as proof, Clinton only had to point to the person right beside her. Trump, however, missed a great opportunity to bring up Clinton’s “super predator” line from years ago, especially since that was what Clinton was doing throughout the debate.