So, this old tweet from Donald Trump is making the rounds and people are pretty sure it confirms that Trump is a racist:
I hope the Mexican judge is more honest than the Mexican businessmen who used the court system to avoid paying me the money they owe me.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2015
Some examples:
That last Trump tweet was NOT from this week. It's from March of 2015 – before he was running. At least he's consistent in his racism.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) June 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JESnowden/status/740346322499305472
For those keeping track at home, this tweet is from long before Trump was "building a wall." Racist. https://t.co/3X1AzeMFUV
— Justin Davis (@ErrorJustin) June 8, 2016
I'm Jewish, a lefty, and root for the Baltimore O's. I know how to carry a bitter grudge. But this man is An Artist. https://t.co/DZduI2DmNd
— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 8, 2016
Others are noting the date without comment, we assume to prove that Trump’s criticism of the “Mexican judge” predates his running for president:
This is a real Donald Trump tweet from last March. https://t.co/HMQ23xJD3J
— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) June 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/740344420449570816
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) June 8, 2016
This is making the rounds…Trump tweeted March 2015 https://t.co/ztgOkXDpVz
— John Santucci (@Santucci) June 8, 2016
#throwbackTuesday https://t.co/FzZ6MoDgbR
— Candace Smith (@CandaceSmith_) June 8, 2016
What lazy hacks. Trump is tweeting about a “Mexican judge” because this case is regarding a dispute in Mexico against Mexican businessman Rodolfo Rosas Moya and the Miss Universe pageant, not his Trump University lawsuit. Do these journos not understand how to do a search-by-date on Twitter?
I have a lawsuit in Mexico’s corrupt court system that I won but so far can’t collect. Don’t do business with Mexico!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 24, 2015
I hope the Mexican judge is more honest than the Mexican businessmen who used the court system to avoid paying me the money they owe me.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2015
Despite Mexico's interest in again hosting the Miss Universe Pageant, it will be because of Rodolfo Rosas Moya that it will never happen.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2015
Because of Rodolfo Rosas Moya, who owes me lots of money, Mexico will never again host the Miss Universe Pageant.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2015
Bloomberg wrote extensively on the lawsuit — which Trump won by the way — back in June when Trump announced his run for the presidency:
The money problems behind @realDonaldTrump's anti-Mexico remarks http://t.co/pZwK4kn1mo pic.twitter.com/rwssIsnfcz
— Bloomberg (@business) June 30, 2015
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