Bill Mitchell is a conservative radio host who’s solidified his bona fides as a die-hard Donald Trump supporter when he jumped on the Khazr Khan/Gold Star family-bashing bandwagon, attacking the Gold Star dad’s deceased son Humayun Khan by saying that getting killed while serving in the U.S. military “makes you a soldier, not a hero.”
Mitchell is raising eyebrows again, this time with a bizarre series of tweets that praise Trump for his supposed “outreach” to African Americans.
Commenting on Trump’s interaction with audience members and parishioners at Great Faith Ministries International church in Detroit this past weekend, Mitchell claimed that Trump’s “body language” as he waded through the audience after his speech was stark proof that we wasn’t the racist the media is making him out to be.
“You notice how close Trump stands to this black man as he listens to him?” Mitchell tweeted. “No racist would ever do that.”
Among the deluge of responses the tweet prompted, Twitter user Lena Denim‘s challenges seemed to get under Mitchell’s skin the most.
“[How] can you live your entire adult life on planet earth and still not know what the definition of racism is?” Denim asked.
“I’ll settle for just saying “Democrat.” Quicker and defines it perfectly,” Mitchell responded.
“I didn’t know you identified as a [Democrat],” Denim shot back.
“So you think I’m a racist? Why, because I’m white? That’s racist to think by the way,” Mitchell countered.
“I’m arguing that you don’t know the definition of racism, as evidenced by your tweet,” Denim replied, poking fun at Mitchell’s apparent lack of reading comprehension skills. “Not sure where you see ‘you’re a racist.'”
You notice how close Trump stands to this black man as he listens to him? No racist would ever do that. pic.twitter.com/OjHlSfPvW1
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) September 4, 2016
And with that, Mitchell rings in a new low in Trumpland: racism is now defined by how close one stands to a black person.
Mitchell tried to justify his reasoning following the disgust at his tweet:
I can always tell I've hit the mark with a tweet when the Liberals literally lose their minds.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) September 4, 2016
Since I've got your attention Liberals, what has Obama done specifically for blacks in the past 8 years?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) September 4, 2016
I've interviewed 3 outstanding black leaders on my radio show, every one of them an enthusiastic Trump supporter. Are they racists too?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) September 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/772528806557016064
The Left is INSANE. I posted this picture of Trump intently listening to a black man and they compared it to THIS. pic.twitter.com/OmnaW1D8u1
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) September 5, 2016
By definition, a racist is someone who always notices race when evaluating a person. This is something Democrats ALWAYS do. ALWAYS.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) September 4, 2016
This last tweet is interesting. I’d say a racist is someone who feels standing close to black people deserves special commentary.
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