The man then-candidate Donald Trump called 'my African American' at a 2016 rally is leaving the Republican Party and no longer supports the President, PBS NewsHour reported.
The man then-candidate Donald Trump called "my African American" at a 2016 rally is leaving the Republican Party and no longer supports the President, PBS NewsHour reported Thursday.
Gregory Cheadle, of California, told PBS he believes the Republican Party is pursuing a"pro-white" agenda and using black people like him as"political pawns." He said he has been frustrated with Trump's rhetoric on race and the lack of diversity in his administration. "President Trump is a rich guy who is mired in white privilege to the extreme," Cheadle told PBS.
Cooper examines Trump's history of racist comments 05:43"When you look at his appointments for the bench: White, white, white, white, white, white, white," Cheadle said."That to me is really damning to everybody else because no one else gets a chance because he's thinking that the whites are superior, period."Cheadle told PBS he is now more critical of the 2016 moment when Trump said,"Look at my African American over here" while at a California rally.
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