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Why Did Donald Trump Speak Out So Strongly Against Detroit and Philadelphia?
Yesterday evening during Donald Trump’s sad and strange press conference, where he declared himself the winner of the presidential election, he lashed out at several entities including cities, states, big tech, and big media. He called the election process a “major fraud” and said “we will win this and as far as I’m concerned, we already have won it.” I don’t know if “we” means him and his team, the Republican Party as a whole, or something entirely different. Either way, his trademark “us” versus “them” stance and pointing of fingers at those who he claims are stealing the race, only served to divide the nation further and stoke the flames for more civil unrest in states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania.
In true Trump fashion, he saved some of his harshest criticism for the cities of Philadelphia and Detroit. Philadelphia and Detroit are both majority Black cities; in fact, Detroit has a 78 percent Black population. Speaking out against both, Mr. Trump said “Detroit and Philadelphia, known as two of the most corrupt political places anywhere in our country, easily, cannot be responsible for engineering the outcome of a presidential race, a very important presidential race.” What makes Detroit and Philadelphia so corrupt and what is it about the citizens there that…
