He said this while trying to argue that Black people should vote for Donald Trump.
BY BESS LEVIN OCTOBER 26, 2020
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Jared Kushner at the White House after a morning on Capitol Hill, July 24, 2017.BY JABIN BOTSFORD/THE WASHINGTON POST/GETTY IMAGES.
For anyone who’s not entirely up to speed on first son-in-law Jared Kushner’s backstory, a brief primer: the son of a wealthy real estate developer who went to prison, in part for retaliating against his brother-in-law for cooperating with federal investigators by hiring a prostitute to seduce the guy, filming the encounter, and sending it to his sister, Kushner attended Harvard to which his dad had reportedly conveniently pledged $2.5 million shortly before he was accepted. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, he drove a Range Rover around campus, and according to a classmate, “He didn’t do it with a sense of humor. He did it, like, ‘I’m fucking rich.’” At 27, he became CEO of his family’s business while his father was in prison and was known for, among other things, buying an aging skyscraper on the eve of the financial crisis for a then record price of $1.8 billion—a deal that subsequently blew up in his face. In 2006, he purchased the New York Observer for $10 million with what he said was his own money earned doing real estate deals during his time at Harvard, not mentioning that the backing for those investments reportedly came from his family. You may have also heard that he has zero government experience but got his current gig because his father-in-law is the president, which is also the only reason he was able to obtain his security clearance.
All of which is to say, when people think of hard-working, boot-strapping individuals who’ve succeeded purely on their own merits, they don’t think of the Boy Prince of New Jersey, who has effectively earned nothing in his life and has had everything handed to him by either his rich father or rich father-in-law, while nevertheless thinking he’s found himself on third base because he hit a triple. And yet, strangely, here’s what he had to say about Black people on Monday morning while—we think??— trying to convince said Black people to vote for Donald Trump:
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1320732710525038593
So, just to recap, that’s adviser to the president Jared Kushner not just saying that Black Americans only have themselves to blame if they’re not successful—and not, say, centuries of systemic racism—but that they should quit bitching about their circumstances. And this was supposed to persuade the people he’s referring to to give his boss a second term in the White House and, by extension, keep him employed for another four years. (For the Kushnerphiles, this will likely be reminiscent of the time Jared tried to get Palestinians to sign onto his Middle East peace deal by calling them “hysterical and stupid”.)
Anyway, because the interview was going so well, and Kushner was presumably thinking to himself, You are nailing this Big J, fingers crossed Ivanka remembered to hit record on the DVR so we can toast how great it went tonight, he continued:
https://twitter.com/misyrlena/status/1320709001546530816
As for Kushner’s wife’s father’s relationship with the Black community, the apple obviously does not fall far from the rich-daddy-fuckup-son tree. Here are just a sampling of the things that Trump, who last week claimed “Nobody has done more for the Black community than Donald Trump” with the “possible exception” of Abraham Lincoln, has done to show his love for Black people:
Condemned Black Lives Matter and called it a “symbol of hate” while simultaneously defending armed white militants
Allegedly said “Tell me one country run by a Black person that isn’t a s---hole”
Reportedly only agreed to sign the First Step Act, which released or reduced sentences for thousands of inmates, many of whom were Black men who’d been convicted of nonviolent drug crimes, after being told it might help his poll numbers with Black people, and then “went s---house crazy” and asked “why the hell did I do that?” after it did not
Presided over a pandemic in which unemployment for Black people has disproportionately surged
Trump has also, according to the Washington Post, “maintained that Black Americans have mainly themselves to blame in their struggle for equality, hindered more by lack of initiative than societal impediments,” so maybe he and Kushner crafted this morning’s can’t-lose talking point together.
Jared Kushner: ‘Complaining’ Black people have to ‘want to be successful’
Published on October 26, 2020 By David Edwards
Jared Kushner appears on Fox News (screen grab)
White House adviser Jared Kushner argued on Monday that the Black community is struggling because they do not “want to be successful.”
Kushner made the remarks on Fox & Friends after he was asked about a recent meeting with Ice Cube.
“There’s been a lot of discussion about the issues that were needed in the Black community for the last years, particularly it intensified after the George Floyd situation,” Kushner explained. “You saw a lot of people who were just virtue signaling, they’d go on Instagram and cry or they would put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a basketball court. And quite frankly, that was doing more to polarize the country than it was to bring people forward.”
“And again, one thing we’ve seen in a lot of the Black community, which is mostly Democrat,” he continued, “is that President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help people break out the problems that they’re complaining about.”
Kushner added: “But he can’t want them to be successful more than they want to be successful.”
The White House adviser went on to claim that Trump has a “groundswell of support in the Black community because they’re realizing that all the different bad things the media and the Democrats have said about President Trump are not true.”
Watch the video below from Fox News.
White House adviser Jared Kushner argued on Monday that the Black community is struggling because they do not “want to be successful.”
Kushner made the remarks on Fox & Friends after he was asked about a recent meeting with Ice Cube.
“There’s been a lot of discussion about the issues that were needed in the Black community for the last years, particularly it intensified after the George Floyd situation,” Kushner explained. “You saw a lot of people who were just virtue signaling, they’d go on Instagram and cry or they would put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a basketball court. And quite frankly, that was doing more to polarize the country than it was to bring people forward.”
“And again, one thing we’ve seen in a lot of the Black community, which is mostly Democrat,” he continued, “is that President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help people break out the problems that they’re complaining about.”
Kushner added: “But he can’t want them to be successful more than they want to be successful.”
The White House adviser went on to claim that Trump has a “groundswell of support in the Black community because they’re realizing that all the different bad things the media and the Democrats have said about President Trump are not true.”
Watch the video below from Fox News.
Jared Kushner ripped to shreds for Fox News comments on Black Americans
Published on October 26, 2020 By Travis Gettys - Commentary
Jared Kushner on Fox News (screengrab)
Jared Kushner suggested Black Americans just didn’t want to be successful — and social media users were shocked and disgusted.
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser appeared Monday morning on Fox News, where he argued that the administration’s policies would help Black Americans, but only if they wanted to succeed.
“President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they’re complaining about but he can’t want them to be successful more than that they want to be successful,” Kushner said.
He also claimed that the nationwide protests were insincere after George Floyd’s killing by police.
“You saw a lot of people who were just virtual signaling,” Kushner said. “They would go on Instagram and cry, or put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a basketball court, and quite frankly that was doing more to polarize the country than it was to bring people forward.”
You have to hand it to Jared Kushner, because that’s the only way he’s ever achieved or accomplished anything his whole life.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) October 26, 2020
Weird that black people don’t want to vote for someone like this
— Jaynie’s Got a Bun (@FreeGirlNowNYC) October 26, 2020
Racist prick.
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner’s family connections have provided him his only opportunities in life and he’s still failed miserably at every single thing he’s done, so perhaps it’s Jared who doesn’t want to be successful.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 26, 2020
Of this I am certain: The average Black person in this country puts in more work by noon than Jared Kushner puts in the whole damn day. https://t.co/exYSJZ6pAp
— Hakeem Jefferson (@hakeemjefferson) October 26, 2020
Closing message of “People crying after watching a human being slowly killed on camera were faking it for likes” is another interesting move https://t.co/7h7cLqsy0K
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner is a condescending douchebag. https://t.co/J8y3KzDxtJ
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 26, 2020
This little weasel just doesn’t get it… https://t.co/3xG2l7QD5U
— Rex Chapman
(@RexChapman) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner – son and husband of privilege – has a message for the black community: You would have more wealth if you just wanted it more. pic.twitter.com/2zL2tgQgfi
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) October 26, 2020
This coming from the guy whose family has made a fortune in low income housing and gouging tenants with ridiculous ” service fees” and ” late rent fees ” that keep their tenants perpetually broke
And with Kushner’s so called ” oppurtunity zones”, those problems will explode
— jimmy craig (@threepeaksexp) October 26, 2020
“Why can’t they get their daddies to buy them bootstraps, the way my daddy did?”
— Texas Triffid Ranch (A Uwe Boll Film) (@txtriffidranch) October 26, 2020
“have you tried pulling yourselves up by the boot on your necks?”
— The BabaDuke Zero (@B_Sputnik) October 26, 2020
The guy who inherited his father’s business, wealth and banking connections implies that Black people may not want to be successful as Trump wants them to be. Most of us didn’t have the luxury to fail up from day one Jared. I’ve heard this racist talking point before in the South
— Don Justo (@JTJ24) October 26, 2020
Slum lord says what? https://t.co/mBfx4ZEZww
— nikki mccann ramÃrez (@NikkiMcR) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner: There is a “ground swell” of support for Pres Trump among black voters
Fact: Black voters remain an overwhelmingly Democratic-leaning constituency, but a notable reduction in their support could be a problem for Joe Biden.
Read this: https://t.co/XtA7XxV0ZD
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner suggested Black Americans just didn’t want to be successful — and social media users were shocked and disgusted.
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser appeared Monday morning on Fox News, where he argued that the administration’s policies would help Black Americans, but only if they wanted to succeed.
“President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they’re complaining about but he can’t want them to be successful more than that they want to be successful,” Kushner said.
He also claimed that the nationwide protests were insincere after George Floyd’s killing by police.
“You saw a lot of people who were just virtual signaling,” Kushner said. “They would go on Instagram and cry, or put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a basketball court, and quite frankly that was doing more to polarize the country than it was to bring people forward.”
You have to hand it to Jared Kushner, because that’s the only way he’s ever achieved or accomplished anything his whole life.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) October 26, 2020
Weird that black people don’t want to vote for someone like this
— Jaynie’s Got a Bun (@FreeGirlNowNYC) October 26, 2020
Racist prick.
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner’s family connections have provided him his only opportunities in life and he’s still failed miserably at every single thing he’s done, so perhaps it’s Jared who doesn’t want to be successful.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 26, 2020
Of this I am certain: The average Black person in this country puts in more work by noon than Jared Kushner puts in the whole damn day. https://t.co/exYSJZ6pAp
— Hakeem Jefferson (@hakeemjefferson) October 26, 2020
Closing message of “People crying after watching a human being slowly killed on camera were faking it for likes” is another interesting move https://t.co/7h7cLqsy0K
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner is a condescending douchebag. https://t.co/J8y3KzDxtJ
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 26, 2020
This little weasel just doesn’t get it… https://t.co/3xG2l7QD5U
— Rex Chapman
(@RexChapman) October 26, 2020Jared Kushner – son and husband of privilege – has a message for the black community: You would have more wealth if you just wanted it more. pic.twitter.com/2zL2tgQgfi
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) October 26, 2020
This coming from the guy whose family has made a fortune in low income housing and gouging tenants with ridiculous ” service fees” and ” late rent fees ” that keep their tenants perpetually broke
And with Kushner’s so called ” oppurtunity zones”, those problems will explode
— jimmy craig (@threepeaksexp) October 26, 2020
“Why can’t they get their daddies to buy them bootstraps, the way my daddy did?”
— Texas Triffid Ranch (A Uwe Boll Film) (@txtriffidranch) October 26, 2020
“have you tried pulling yourselves up by the boot on your necks?”
— The BabaDuke Zero (@B_Sputnik) October 26, 2020
The guy who inherited his father’s business, wealth and banking connections implies that Black people may not want to be successful as Trump wants them to be. Most of us didn’t have the luxury to fail up from day one Jared. I’ve heard this racist talking point before in the South
— Don Justo (@JTJ24) October 26, 2020
Slum lord says what? https://t.co/mBfx4ZEZww
— nikki mccann ramÃrez (@NikkiMcR) October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner: There is a “ground swell” of support for Pres Trump among black voters
Fact: Black voters remain an overwhelmingly Democratic-leaning constituency, but a notable reduction in their support could be a problem for Joe Biden.
Read this: https://t.co/XtA7XxV0ZD
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 26, 2020
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