The caricature ironically accuses the Democratic candidate of “pandering” and portrays her in a t-shirt reading, “No hot sauce no peace!”
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In addition to the black face depiction of Clinton, Burns’ tweet also said “black Americans…thanks for your votes and letting me use you again”.
Burns – who has been one of Trump’s only African-American surrogates in 2016 – sought to make that same argument with his tweet, but the offensive imagery clouded that message.
“As I said, I really think, you know, in hindsight, my methodology – if I could do it all over again, there are so many different creative ways of getting my message out there to the public”, Burns said.
“So how can African-American voters feel as though he is validly trying to address some of their top concerns when he has not spoken directly to them and to their communities?”
“I see African Americans in many cases – not every case – but in many cases are suffering throughout this country”, he said.
A Trump-supporting USA pastor has apologised for sharing a cartoon of Hillary Clinton wearing “blackface” but defended the message the image portrayed.
Following a pattern established by Trump, Burns first defended the tweet, then deleted it, then said he’s sorry – sort of. “Now, suddenly, he wants to reach out and say that Democrats haven’t done anything for you and I’m the guy for you, it’s ridiculous”.
But instead of apologizing for his use of the blackface image, Burns deflected questions from Kristen Welker, at many times yelling over her. “I believe the black people [and] the black vote should be worked for”. “Poor Hispanics and African American citizens are the first to lose a job or see a pay cut when we don’t control our borders”, Trump said at an OH rally last week. “I’m a completely separate individual”. He ended by declaring, “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest person ever elected to the presidency” – giving new meaning to the term “spin doctor”.
“What takes place in the south side of Chicago stops being a black issue or an African American issue and it just becomes an American Issue”, said Burns. “She is a scripted, staged – Hillary Clinton that basically memorizes lines”, Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, said.
She’s also had major support from key African-American politicians.
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“The tweet was not created to anger or stir up the pot like it did”.
