Donald Trump scales back black pastor endorsement event to a private meeting

He even scheduled a press conference to announce it. But over the weekend, a number of the pastors invited to the event at Trump Tower in Manhattan started challenging the claim that they were about to endorse The Donald.

Trump’s unofficial liaison to the black evangelical community, OH pastor Darrell Scott, had initially secured endorsements from 40 fellow pastors, according to Politico and CBS News. All the pastors will meet with Mr. Trump and we’ll close it to the media.

An open letter written to Trump by a young Muslim woman in California went viral when she condemned his remarks.

“He doesn’t talk about the issues at hand that are of national security importance for our country – to keep us safe is the first priority of the president. ZERO experience … flaunting a ticket of unbridled bigotry, sexism, racism and everything that is wrong with America”, said Vaughn.

The campaign also shifted its language, removing the previous assertion that clergy members “will endorse” Trump, and replacing it with a clause about the clergy being “expected to endorse” Trump in the latter.

“The meeting was presented not as a meeting to endorse but as a meeting to engage in dialogue”, he said in a statement, adding he had not made up his mind who to vote for in the 2016 election.

On Monday, after publicizing a press conference promising the endorsement of 100 black pastors who then said they never actually endorsedhim, The Donald said they were pressured into saying that. Trump’s failed attempt to reach out to black leaders came after his supporters attacked a Black Lives Matter protester on November 21 in Birmingham, Alabama, kicking and punching him while he was on the floor.

Trump is “all over the map, misinformed at best and praying on people’s fears at worst”, Bush said.

“I was asked 2 meet with Mr Trump too but I refused because until he learns how to respect people you can’t represent me thru my endorsement”, the founder of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship tweeted. Trump defended his action by saying it was a retweet and not an original tweet. “I do think that pressure was put on them when they heard there was a meeting by people who may disagree with certain things”.

Still, Mr. Trump’s poll numbers remain unshaken. “Yes, people were celebrating, in some number”, he said. “I’m not going to take it back”. “A lot of the pastors were concerned they might get backlash if they weren’t one of the pastors in that were endorsing at this time”, Pierson defined on “New Day.”So the crusade decided, you know what? I don’t know if it’s an endorsement by some, I think probably it will be an endorsement by some”, Trump said”.

Schnabel disputes that account and said in a telephone interview Tuesday that it was just banter among friends and that he is confident that all the Republicans at the table would support the final GOP nominee for president, whomever that turns out to be.