Trump will directly address black voters, top aide says
This strategy also infers that African-Americans need “law and order”.
“Who’s he talking about?” “We are all college graduates”.
Such a move could help blunt criticism from figures like the head of the Democratic National Committee, who blasted Trump on Sunday for failing to reach out directly to black voters. Obviously, he has a genuine concern for all Americans, regardless of race, and is sincerely asking black voters for their support. “So, Mr. Trump deserves credit for at least taking the case directly to the people”.
Trump has been direct in his approach on the campaign trail, though he’s made his appeals in front of predominantly white crowds in suburban areas.
“I hear him not talking to black people, but talking to white people about black people so they will think he cares about black people”, former Atlanta newspaper publisher Alexis Scott told The New York Times in a story published on Wednesday. Now, he has been telling what he was going to do for African Americans in white audiences.
“What do you have to lose? You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs. what the hell do you have to lose?”.
Burns has emerged as a top surrogate for Trump within the black community, frequently appearing on cable networks and introducing Trump at his rallies.
There has been pushback from the community regarding the visit, Jackson said. “But here’s the thing, the American people see right through it these days”.
Detroit’s a working class city with a majority black population (more than 80 percent). The unemployment rate for blacks is almost double the national average. We hope that Candidate Hillary Clinton will accept our offer so we can give her the same opportunity. “Trump is not doing anything of that sort”.
Nor can the Republican Party long survive without attracting minorities and young voters.
“It seems to me that Trump’s argument is this: ‘Your life sucks. It’s time to break with the failures of the past – I want to offer Americans a new future”.
Trump savages black neighborhoods and blames Democrats, yet by now just about everyone has read about his history of housing discrimination.
First of all, Impact Network is the only African American Christian Television network that’s founded and operated by African Americans in our nation. A Monmouth poll this month found that Trump only picked up 10% of non-white voters. That first impression of Trump as a political figure was searing and enduring for voters who are intensely proud of Obama and what he represents. He said he also plans to ask Trump if he’s a racist, “because so many people think that’s what you are”.
Some black conservatives, however, defended Trump. This is engagement. And we have given Hillary Clinton the same opportunity. He urged blacks to look at the conditions they were living under. You can’t fake love, and nothing’s worse than a would-be wooer who says all the wrong things. “Why do you keep voting for the same side?”
“America needs to go a different route”, Dupree said. Clinton has responded by releasing a TV ad on Friday criticizing Trump’s efforts to appeal to black voters and called for voters to reject the “bigotry” of Trump’s campaign.
Cohen’s most generous interpretation was that perhaps Trump had not done his homework. So I want to ask him what would his position be with the Justice Dept. on cleaning up the police departments of those who are wearing a badge to kill.
Since 1976, three presidential nominees other than Trump have declined to speak at the NAACP convention in an election year, according to the organization.