Trump Didnt Sue to Let Black and Jewish People Join in 1997
“In 1997 Trump fought in court and won! so Black and Jewish people could enter and be members”
Summary
No 1997 court case exists in which Donald Trump won a lawsuit that forced him to admit Black and Jewish people as members; the inclusion of those groups at his Mar‑a‑Lago club resulted from a business decision, not a legal victory. Earlier discrimination allegations date to the 1970s and were settled without a court ruling mandating membership rights.
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- Fact Check: Trump had been accused of racism by contemporaries prior to presidential campaign | Reuters
“Two former Trump employees, a husband and wife who rented properties, were quoted in court documents as saying they were told that the company wanted to rent only to ‘Jews and Executives’ and ‘discouraged rental to blacks,’” according to the Washington Post’s in-depth account of the case (here).
- Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Forceful and Unprecedented Steps to Combat Anti-Semitism – The White House
Immediate action will be taken by the Department of Justice to protect law and order, quell pro-Hamas vandalism and intimidation, and investigate and punish anti-Jewish racism in leftist, anti-American colleges and universities.
- DONALD TRUMP; Congressional Record Vol. 162, No. 145
Donald Trump refused to condemn former KKK grand wizard David Duke, who is still in politics. Donald Trump has retweeted messages from Nazi sympathizers and White supremacists. Donald Trump launched a racist attack on U.S. District Court Judge Curiel, a man born in Indiana, but Trump didn't like that because his mom and dad were of Mexican heritage.
- FBI Records: The Vault — Trump Management Company
This release consists of FBI materials on an investigation conducted between 1972 and 1974 into allegations that the Trump Management Company had discriminated against applicants for apartment rentals on account of their race.
- PolitiFact | Trump did open Mar-a-Lago to blacks and Jews — but in a business move, not a crusade
Trump then opened Mar-a-Lago as a private club and — as a business move and without having to go to court — allowed Jews and African Americans, making it different from most private clubs in Palm Beach.
- PolitiFact | Trump did open Mar-a-Lago to blacks and Jews — but in a business move, not a crusade
Trump then opened Mar-a-Lago as a private club and — as a business move and without having to go to court — allowed Jews and African Americans, making it different from most private clubs in Palm Beach.
- FACT CHECK: So You Think You Know the Real Donald Trump?
Trump's lawyer sent every member of the town council copies of two classic movies about discrimination: A Gentleman's Agreement, about a journalist who pretends to be Jewish to expose anti-Semitism, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner about a white couple's reaction to their daughter bringing home a black fiance. The move infuriated council members, who said it was a distraction from their concerns that Trump's club would spoil a quiet street. But, in time, Trump got most of the restrictions lifted. "He won in the court of public opinion," said Jack McDonald, who was a council member at the time and who went on to be mayor and to join Mar-a-Lago.
- When Faced With Claims of Racism, Trump Points to His Black Friends - The New York Times
President Trump has often invoked his unnamed Black friends, or name-checked celebrities and athletes, when asked to discuss anything related to Black voters.
- A Look Back at the Discrimination Suit Dogging Donald Trump - ABC News
Trump and his father were sued by the Justice Department in 1973.
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