“Hillary Clinton swore before a federal court and told the American people she handed over all of her work-related emails. If there’s something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, I don’t know what it is”, he said last week. “Obviously, my message, I stand by it, but the methodology, I do not”.
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“Pastor Mark Burns Monday shared a since-deleted tweet that featured an illustrated version of the Democratic presidential nominee in blackface, carrying a sign that proclaims “[expletive] the police”, wearing a black T-shirt that reads “No hot sauce, no peace!” and saying “I ain’t no ways exhausted of pandering to African Americans”.
After Burns began taking fire for the tweet, he deleted it and apologized for the image but not his message. Trump has said Democrats’ policies have hurt black Americans and that the party takes them for granted.
“I see African Americans in many cases – not every case – but in many cases are suffering throughout this country”, he said. “For me, the blackface wasn’t the focal point of the picture”.
Friends and associates say Bill Clinton has accepted that his role in the high-profile charity has to change.
As Trump has attempted to expand his outreach to black voters in recent weeks, he has enlisted the help of Burns, an evangelical televangelist.
The cartoon at the center of the controversy features Clinton holding an anti-police sign – a criticism of her stance on the spate of African-Americans’ deaths that have involved police force. It’s a reference to Clinton – a well-known spicy food lover – saying on the hip-hop show “The Breakfast Club” in April, ahead of the NY primary, that she always carries hot sauce with her. He said it represents Hillary Clinton’s pandering to black voters with the message, “Thank you for your votes and letting me use you again”.
Clinton’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to CNN’s request for a comment.
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Pastor Mark Burns tweeted the image of Hillary Clinton in black face Monday afternoon. Pundits have noted that Saturday’s stop marks the first time the Trump campaign has addressed a predominantly African-American audience since securing the Republican Party’s nomination.
