Election Tuesday, but will Law & Order Stay?

With the election being this Tuesday, both candidates have been advertising heavily through tv aduntitleds, adds on social media, and their supporters have been talking about each candidate non-stop. As voters on both sides have started early voting, the reasons on why they voted for their candidate is a main topic in conversation.  Trump’s law and order message, has emphasizing rhetoric that has fueled his popularity among white working-class voters but which also threatens to antagonize the centrists likely to decide the November election”. Centrist is more than being in the middle it’s a center of acceptance and support equality and hierarchy. This along with Trumps different opinions and comments on immigration, stop-and frisk, minority relations- particularly his views on the current status of African Americans

Trump’s hard-edged message is at odds with more traditional nominees who tend to use the final weeks of the race to shore up support among voters in the middle of the political spectrum. It also comes at the same time that Trump has been attempting to reach out to minority communities with visits to black churches and charter schools, making for some awkward interactions and scenes.

This is something that Trump has been trying to show on social media and through his most recent television ads. Even with early voting having already started there is still time and plenty of undecided voters who still can potentially influence the election outcomes. I personally believe that at this point being a day before the election that majority of undecided voters have made up their mind against Trump with the different messages in his campaign, policy, and lack of political experience, but only the polls will tell.

Trump’s supporters say his “America first” message applies to minorities, immigrants and moderate voters as much as it does to conservative whites. This quote was a shocker personally to me and makes me think of various times when Trump has spoken of law and order and how his policies are requiring more policing of predominantly black and Latino men.  This along with Trump using his campaign and mostly speaking to suburban, conservative white men and women, at rallies is something that says differently.

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In the end, the nation will be watching the polls and new networks to see who our 2016 president will be, but before and after the results both sides will be discussing the actions and quotes of the other candidate saying which one is better, more presidential, and who they feel should be the president.

The Past Debate on the Law & Order Race

With all the election approaching, both ends of the spectrum are discussing issues new and old about both candidates, and our famous Law & Order candidate is very much a part of that. Trump proclaims himself as the law and order candidate weeks ago, but there are still voters discussing some of the things both Trump and Clinton said in the presidential debate about race on different social media sites like Facebook, twitter, and Instagram.  He described black people as “living in hell” because of gun violence, presenting “law and order” as a remedy. You might ask what does this law and order remedy have in it? This remedy includes “Trump again put forth stop-and-frisk — the former New York City police practice of stopping pedestrians and searching them for weapons — as a policy solution. In recent weeks, the Republican nominee has suggested the practice could be used in cities, like Chicago, to reduce crime.

untitledThis is one a few different remedies Trump has  on the issues of race in America . This remedy has been called into question a  few times and Trump has had different reactions when this happened. “A federal district judge in New York ruled the policy was unconstitutional; in general, the policy was found to have disproportionately affected black and Latino people. Lester Holt, in a rare push back on Trump, said a judge had ruled the tactic unconstitutional; Trump awkwardly called the judge, “a very against police” judge .And once the subject of the judge arose, Trump shifted his tone, framing himself as the candidate who has more support from police, touting his endorsement from the Fraternal Order of Police. The police groups, he said, “are on my side.”

Even after the stop frisk issue, Trump’s rhetoric on race and law order took another turn when he discussed he beliefs on the black community.  With his rhetoric he has said plenty of things, but continues to make sure voters know  “what the hell do you have to lose”.  “Look, the African-American community has been let down by our politicians. They talk good around election time, like right now, and after the election, they said, see ya later, I’ll see you in four years,” said Trump. This is only a glimpse of some of the Trump Quotes on Law and Order that people are still talking about, and sharing their opinions on Trumps beliefs toward the black community.

Law, Race, and Trump’s Rallies

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While this election is going to be known for the candidates being, and being called a lot of different things. One thing that has played a big part in this election is race. In terms of Trump, race has been brought up due to his use of his law and order rhetoric throughout his campaigns in rallies, debates, and interviews.

In a video I saw online, it depicted parallels between racism in American in the 1960s during civil rights and the racism in Trump’s 2016 rallies. While this video does not directly say Trump is racist, the video shows discrimination and racially offensive things from the 1960s and compares them to discriminatory and offensive things at Trump’s rallies. It does show and have Trump quotes, Trump’s speeches audio, and video from his different rallies. This video shows Trump’s supporters reacting to what Trump is saying about how he wants to bring law and order back to America in his campaign to make America Great Again. This video and many like it is all over social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram showing the different things Trump is saying in his rallies.There is one clip of Trump speaking and his supporters kicking out protesters as he cheered them on.  The narration of video is mostly from what Trump has said at some of his rallies with  saying how back in the “good ole days” and making alludes to the past and saying things like this wouldn’t be allowed, wouldn’t be happening, and their are even references to violence.

I do see how with these parallels, it does show how Trump has said things along his campaign in terms of race, law and order, and ethically that can be seen as problematic. I will admit how the media portrays his rallies doesn’t help in this situation.  With the debate coming closer and closer I hope Trump changes how he talks to and about minorities with more inclusive and better language. I also hope that if Trump wanted more minority votes that would use a different strategy when it talks about law and order, race, and law enforcement. This video does even make parallels to how protesting and social unrest is nothing new and is still happening in 2016.

Law of the Colored Land?

Trump’s law and order platform has evolved from the start of his campaign. Originally the law and order speeches were aimed at law enforcement and laws, but now they include African Americans, race relations, and different social movements going on in the nation. In a NBS summer article, it brings up how Trump discusses donald-trump-jpg-size-custom-crop-1086x628law and order only in black communities but never has blacks in his audience receiving the speech.“Law and order must be restored,” Trump said in this mostly white suburb an hour north of Milwaukee. “It must be restored for the sake of all, but most especially for the sake of those living in the affected communities, of which there are many.” 

I originally thought this was a campaign strategy since he uses the media to highlight his rallies and speeches, but .Trump called blacks the “main victims” of the riots in Milwaukee. “It’s their jobs, it’s their homes, it’s their schools and communities that will suffer the most as a result,” Trump said. “There’s no compassion in tolerating lawless conduct for anyone.

Trump, however, has not campaigned in communities of color this cycle and turned down an invitation to speak at the NAACP’s annual convention in July. In the latest NBC/WSJ/Marist poll, Trump polled at just 1% with African American voters, compared to 91% for Clinton.Still, Trump sought to overcome the daunting disparity by directly asking for their votes. “I’m asking for the vote of every African American citizen struggling in our country today who wants a different and much better future.

At this point in the campaign Trump was directly asking for black votes, but  he has now shifted to rhetoric that is attacking Hillary(calling her a bigot,  saying she’s using blacks for just votes) to discourage voters.  I would love for him to recognize how there is discrimination/ race issues,and how that affects the black community and the nation as whole other than financially. This would be an issue that a surrogate would have been great to speak about how they feel with the social unrest and try to be more emphatic and understanding as well endorse Trump and a plan for the unrest other than more law enforcement, and stop-n-frisk. With the end of the campaign coming near, if Trump could be seen in black communities with black leaders,  interacting with black people would potential be good media for him.

Law, Jail, and Hillary Oh My!

While the two  presidential candidates have made interesting remarks to one another, Trump has now said that if  he’s in charge Hillary would be in jail. You would think politicians would support the full due process, but the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump made it clear he wants Secretary Clinton behind bars as soon as he is in charge. 
Trump, embracing the spirit of the “lock her up” mob chants at his rallies, threatened: “If I win I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation – there has never been so many lies and so much deception,” he threatened. Clinton said it was “awfully good” that someone with the temperament of Trump was not in charge of the law in the country, provoking another Trump jab: “Because you’d be in jail.”“She got caught in a total lie and now she is blaming the lie on the late, great Abraham Lincoln,” added Trump as Clinton attempted to defend leaked Wall Street speech transcripts. 
This was said in the 2nd presidential debate last Sunday night as a comment to Hillary calling  into question Trump’s ability to bring law and order as a president. Trump used this quote to push his Law & Order agenda as well as to question Clinton’s choices when it comes to Benghazi and the email scandal. There has been many posts in the media whether  or not the comment and the rhetoric behind it was funny for entertainment purposes, ,petty/rude, or a strategic move to show what he does to hold others accountable. These are a few different things that comes to mind with his agenda of bringing order by being an outsider to politics. This is no surprise that the two  candidates have different opinions about the topics of law & order, race relations, and policy, but I do hope that Trump watches his rhetoric because saying you are locking up the candidate that ran against in the presidential race does not sound well. This also does not help his narrative of being called outrageous, quick-tempered, and aggressive towards women, which has been an recurring narrative of him throughout this campaign.

Law & Order: DJT Donald J. Trump

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While the Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald J. Trump is known for various sayings during his campaign. One of that is on the rise the concept of “law and order”. This has been mentioned not only at his rallies, but in interviews, debates, and on social media. In the most recent presidential debate Trump brought up law and order in both the race in America discussion. He frequently mentions law and order with his strong support of stop and frisk. As well as bring stop and frisk back to NY, and bringing it to Chicago as well other cities to bring them “law and order”. Law and order is brought up when race is mentioned as well when something about the current situations of crime, police brutality, discrimination, and minorities. This quote sounds strange when you hear a candidate talk about groups of people as “the blacks”, and other terms that generalize them. Even on our campus there is different voters saying they have mixed feelings about a nominee saying “I am law and order” as her said in the first presidential debate last week. With this presidential race being so polarized, the media is putting the candidates at other.In a September 11, 2016 Politico article by Same Nelson, there was a speech in Virgina Beach given by Trump that said “We must maintain law and order at the highest level or we will cease to have a country, 100 percent,” . This quote along with other quotes that praised law enforcement came only a few days after the Dallas shooting of 5 officers. While this quote happened this summer, there have been plenty more saying how Trump envisions himself as law and order, and vague descriptions of stop and frisk, blacks trusting him with presidency, favoring and praising law enforcement, and defending the 2nd amendment that have all been used to aide in Donald Trumps speeches and answers on why Law & Order is important.

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