Trump Releases Statement Promising No More Racist Attacks on Judge Curiel
I am sure this is going to be a huge relief for everyone, right? I mean, surely we all believe that Donald Trump is capable of message discipline, right?
You can tell how deeply Trump has been damaged by the Trump University brouhaha by the fact that Donald Trump has never before promised to stop talking about anything. Just the admission that he’s going to shut up talking about it altogether knows that even Trump knows he has crossed the line.
Now of course, this statement is chock full of lies from start to finish. Mostly, this statement is just a recapitulation of the same lies Trump has been telling about this litigation from the start. However, this one has a new lie, which is that Trump never suggested that a person of Mexican heritage could not give him a fair trial. Which, as we all know from the numerous videos to the contrary, is exactly what he’s been doing. But anyway, he’s not going to talk about it anymore, at least not with anyone who will challenge him any more than, say, Sean Hannity will.
Here’s the full statement:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT REGARDING TRUMP UNIVERSITY
It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage. I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent. The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges. All judges should be held to that standard. I do not feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial.
