Trump Can't Handle Press & Racists Ruffle Election: Winners & Losers

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The midterm elections resulted in some major triumphs and some major disappointments. The week was full of winners and losers when it came to candidates, but outside of this, the biggest winners and losers weren’t necessarily running for office.

Check out who was grabbing the Ws below, then hit the next page to find out what election-related variable was the biggest loser of all.

Winners

The I Ain’t Never Scurd Press

With a chronic liar and all-around embellisher in the White House, the power of the press is more important than ever. Sometimes they can be a little iffy too when it comes to circumventing the truth. But this week, they had zero time for Trump and his crusty lies and pointer fingers. Despite any intimidation tactics, the press let it be known that they would NOT back down.

It all went down at a news conference on Wednesday following the midterm elections. Trump was being grilled on previous statements and the loads of controversy he’s always mixed up in. Jim Acosta was one of the first to get up in Trump’s grill.

According to CNN, he brought up the Central American migrant caravan and asked the president why he characterized it as “an invasion.”

Trump’s response?

“I think you should let me run the country, you run CNN and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better.”

OH REALLY?

Jim kept it cute in spite of Trump’s meet me outside statement. But he wasn’t about to sit back down like some meek Trump Tower peasant thing. Jim proceeded to question Trump about the Russia investigation and the president shouted “That’s enough. That’s enough” and he told Jim to “put down the mic.”

Jim was like nah.

At one point, someone even tried to grab the mic from Jim, but he was like…nah.

Trump proceeded to call him a “rude, terrible person.” However, another reporter, Peter Alexander, had Jim’s back!

When Alexander got his chance at the mic, he called Jim a “diligent reporter,” to which Trump responded, “Well, I’m not a big fan of yours, either.”

Peep the whole ordeal below!

The press refused to be silent that day.

PBS Newshour’s White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor told Trump he once referred to himself as a “nationalist,” and she asked whether this meant he supported White nationalists.

Trump responded by saying “I don’t know why you’d say that — that’s such a racist question.”

Then he said, “Why do I have my highest poll numbers ever with African Americans,” which turns out to be fake news by the way.

Things got even better when a Yahoo News White House correspondent asked Trump about reports saying he called rapper Lil Jon an “Uncle Tom.” Trump responded by saying “I don’t know who Lil Jon is,” and the reporter reminded Trump that Lil Jon was on Trump’s previous show The Celebrity Apprentice.

This receipt was pulled thanks to social media…

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Awkward.

Trump also tried to silence April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks, telling her to “sit down” when she asked a question about voter suppression. But April continued to use her voice on The View this week, saying, “If I don’t ask a lot of those questions, then they will not be asked.”

Due to Trump’s beef with the press on Wednesday, he’s suspended Jim Acosta’s White House press pass, according to USA Today, and he might suspend more press passes later on.

But no matter how much 45 tries to silence the media, they’ll continue to win if they keep that same I ain’t never scurd attitude they had on Wednesday!

Losers

A racist voting system

This week, many campaigns were ran by politicians, celebrities and community organizers to get people to vote, and while people showed up to the polls in record numbers, a racist voting system still remains intact.

In Georgia, Stacey Abrams faced off against Republican Brian Kemp to become the state’s first Black woman governor. However, she was already fighting an unfair battle because, during the campaign, Kemp still held his position as Georgia’s secretary of State, who oversees elections and voter rolls.

According to The Hill, Abrams camp repeatedly called on Kemp to step down from his position, but he would not budge. It wasn’t until after Election Day, when Kemp was allegedly leading Abrams in the polls, that he resigned from his position of Secretary of State.

“It’s unfortunate that Brian Kemp did not step down months ago as Secretary of State to ensure that Georgia had a fair election,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said. “Whether it’s malicious intent or benign neglect, Kemp’s actions during the election were textbook voter suppression and surely decreased voter confidence among residents in the state. His actions were strategic, careless and aimed at silencing the voting power of communities of color in the state, and although his resignation comes at an interesting time, amidst a recount of the gubernatorial race, the NAACP will be closely watching how these events unfold.”

Kemp has already declared victory in the gubernatorial race, but Abrams has yet to concede and national outlets haven’t called the election yet.

On top of all this, some voters in the state also received racist robocalls branding Abrams “a poor man’s Aunt Jemima” before Election Day. Even Oprah, who was helping Abrams with her campaign, got some of the racist namecalling when the robocall named her a “Magical Negro.”

All apart of a racist voting system that’s as old as slavery.

Major L.