The choice of King as featured speaker was a bold one- he has been sued several times for alleged fraud and was convicted of murder in 1996 for allegedly beating a man to death over a $600 debt. He’s always been about money. Whatever they have done and said, I don’t care if they give me a street.
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Trump’s meeting, organized by Darrell Scott, a prominent black pastor and top Trump supporter, came after street demonstrations continued into the early hours of Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. “I call him ‘Don Coon, ‘ and I’m gonna stand by that”.
Trump’s visit to the church in Cleveland is part of his push to court African American voters.
King, 85, was introducing Trump with remarks in which it appeared he was trying to explain the nature of discrimination in the US, when he made the unfortunate gaffe.
Donald Trump now has some new polls to brag about on the campaign trial, as he tries to win over more voters. “If you are a dancing and sliding and gliding n***** – I mean negro – you are a dancing and sliding and gliding negro”, King said, laughing along with the crowd after the slip-up.
We suppose he didn’t handle the situation inappropriately, and we’re not sure there are many politicians who would’ve done much better, but it’s bad timing for Trump to experience a racially-charged moment of awkwardness.
“This young officer, I don’t know what she was thinking”.
Clinton notably made no direct mention of Trump in a speech in Orlando, Florida, focused on helping people with disabilities thrive in the USA economy. But after reading from notes about the role of the black church in the civil rights movement and vowing to help struggling black Americans, Trump questioned the Tulsa officer’s reaction in shooting Crutcher, who was unarmed.
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King, an African-American Cleveland native, was introduced by vice presidential candidate Mike Pence. Maybe people [who] choke shouldn’t be doing what they are doing.
