The presumptive Republican nominee, who hopes to dent Biden’s advantage among Black voters, has often disparaged communities where many African Americans live
Former president Donald Trump speaks during a community roundtable at 180 Church in Detroit on Saturday. DETROIT — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump repeated his characterization of Black communities as dangerous and depressed on Saturday, courting voters in a city he has called “hell” and “totally corrupt” as his campaign hopes incremental gains with Black voters could be decisive in swing states.
“All I’m saying to African Americans is, don’t be confused and don’t be used,” said Keith Williams, chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party’s Black Caucus. “It’s offensive to me even show up at a sacred spot like a church.”Trump has made similar appeals to Black voters since his 2016 campaign, famously telling them at a rally that year in Dimondale, Mich.
Lorenzo Sewell, the pastor of 180 Church, defended his decision to host Trump, adding that he thought the initial call from the campaign was a prank. “I’ve had people say things like, ‘I can’t believe you would bring the devil here,’” Sewell said in an interview before the event, recounting a conversation with a woman at a neighboring methadone clinic. He said he told her, “Church should be a place where everyone is welcome.
He elaborated at a Michigan rally in April 2022, “You look at what’s happening in Detroit and other parts of your state, it’s a disgrace.”Black voters liked him more now because he has criminal charges and a mug shot. During his trial in New York last month, he held a rally in the South Bronx with rappers facing charges in a felony gang case.“I have so many Black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends,” Trump said in anthis month with the news website Semafor.
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