U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, at a recent rally in West Bend, delivered his most aggressive call yet to woo African-American voters, vowing to restore law and order only days after a fatal police shooting of a black man in Milwaukee sparked violence in the city’s Sherman Park neighborhood.
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But of course, this attack on Trump and his message of unity to Detroit’s African-American community comes at a time when Hillary Clinton’s health and judgment has become an issue for voters after the Federal Bureau of Investigation report released on Friday. So, I’m telling you, that whole notion instantly, you’re going to be divisive, you’re going to be divisive and that you’re going to build walls and you’re going to create us from being one as a country. No.
Finally, at about the 1:20 mark. you can just barely hear the order, “Shut it, yeah”, then, “Yes Michael, do it!”
Even though that was the first black church Trump has visited since his campaign began, he thought of a way to use it to his advantage.
“I believe we need a civil rights agenda for our time”, he added, he said earlier that becoming the nominee of the party of Abraham Lincoln “was one of the great honors of my life”.
His address of over 10 minutes at the Great Faith Ministries International church received moments of applause, including when he said Christian faith is not the past, but the present and the future.
Before the 1930s, most African- Americans were registered Republicans and voted that way.
“I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and there are many wrongs that should be made right”.
He went on to say that black churches were the foundation of the civil rights movement. Polls show Mrs Clinton with overwhelmingly more support from blacks and Hispanics.
Vicki Dobbins, an activist protesting outside, said she was disappointed the church asked Trump to speak.
As part of his continued effort to appeal to minority voters, the GOP presidential nominee visited the church on Saturday and taped an interview with Bishop Wayne T. Jackson beforehand.
“I’m here to hear what he has to say”, said Milton Lewis, 46, who works as a minister at another church.
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Dr. Ben Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon and a former resident of Detroit in his childhood, traveled with Trump to the church, per the information posted online by the Detroit Free Press. Surrounded by security and a swarm of reporters, Trump spoke with the home’s owner, Felicia Reese, and told her: “Your house is worth a lot of money”, thanks to the Carson connection. Trump also met with a smaller group of church members and recorded an interview with the pastor. He echoed Trumps promise that he will release his taxes upon the completion of an ongoing audit.
