Nevertheless, Trump has assured his supporters that he will win the black vote.
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But on Monday during a segment on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Trump said at least some of those at the meeting will endorse him.
“Why wouldn’t it have taken place? I’ll tell you, I have a very good memory”, Trump said on Sunday.
Numerous religious leaders invited to the meet-and-greet with Trump were surprised that the gathering was being advertised by his Republican presidential campaign as an endorsement.
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is insisting he was right that thousands of Muslim-Americans in New Jersey celebrated 9/11, despite being confronted with lack of evidence he’s correct. “People are saying that about you, ‘” Bloomer said.
Pulpiteers have an immeasurable influence over their parishioners and their support for Mr. Trump could be disastrous, as it would result, more than likely, in congregants en masse following suit, forcing the mainstream media-not that they need any motivation-to continue to cover Mr. Trump at the expense of more qualified and dignified candidates. Since the attacks that killed 130 people in Paris, GOP front-runner Trump has said he wants to register all Muslims in the US and surveil American mosques. “And he said that he would”.
“In these really serious times, he’s not a serious leader”, Bush said of Trump.
“What he said was that he would take that into consideration”, Morgan said.
Un-American? You betcha. Yet his numbers remain remarkably buoyant, indicating nobody ever went broke by stoking public fears, anger and resentments. And, in his defense, that’s gotten him where he is.
Donald Trump has been taking some heat lately for the claims he’s making that there were Muslims dancing in the streets and cheering as the World Trade Center towers fell on September 11, 2001. In 2012, according to exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks, 93 percent of black voters backed Obama.
In Georgia, radio host and failed 2012 presidential hopeful Herman Cain was among those who introduced Trump. I’ve heard Patterson. It was 14 years ago. Trump, whose kickoff speech brought the issue of illegal immigration to the forefront of the race for the Republican nomination, has been an inexorable thorn in Bush’s side as he frequently criticizes the candidate for being “low energy”.
Mr Trump told US TV yesterday that he had heard from “hundreds of people that agree” that there were televised Muslim celebrations of the attacks.
The Trump campaign announced the event with the pastors last week, saying the billionaire businessman would hold a press conference at Trump Tower in NY to announce endorsements by “a coalition of 100 African American Evangelical pastors and religious leaders”. Last weekend, Trump also shared an image containing false statistics about black-on-white violence.
Scott estimated that more than 100 preachers from across the country would be attending the meeting, despite criticism in an open letter in Ebony magazine from more than 100 black religious leaders.
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The press conference was to follow a private meeting. “Worldwide, the Muslims were absolutely going wild”, he said.
