He predicted that given a chance to govern, he would win 95 percent of the African-American vote in the future.
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Addressing a boisterous crowd in Dimondale, Mich., Trump spoke to deteriorating conditions in Detroit, saying it is among the worst afflicted cities in America, with no jobs, poverty and bad schools.
“If Hillary Clinton’s goal was to inflict pain on the African American community, she could not have done a better job”.
“I will produce for the African-Americans”, he said. “You live in poverty”, he said.
Trump’s nonchalant appeal seems to be his primary strategy in winning over black voters, the vast majority of whom are already voting for Hillary Clinton.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has made a direct appeal to African American voters, saying “What have you got to lose?” I say it again, what do you have to lose?
Though Democrats and many former administration officials have said a President Trump would make the world a more unsafe place, Trump promised an nearly idyllic America with him in the White House.
President Barack Obama, historically the most popular president among African-Americans in USA history, received 93 per cent of the black vote in 2012, the BBC said. “They are going to Mexico; they’re going everywhere but here”, Trump noted. The changes coincided with a startlingly contrite campaign appearance by Trump on Thursday, when he acknowledged that several statements he’s made on the trail have been hurtful to others.
Given how poorly Trump is polling among African-American voters, it’s unclear where, exactly, that bravado is coming from. [Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images] After agreeing that Donald Trump has a point, O’Reilly indicated that all the statistics indicate that under a progressive Democratic president, black Americans are less well off than they were under George W. Bush.
Mrs Clinton called Mr Trump’s comments “so ignorant it is staggering”. Maybe, with his poll numbers low thanks to soft support from his own party, Trump is trying to convince Republicans that he wants or can earn the black vote.
Present surveys reveal about 2% of black voters say they are going to vote for the Nyc property developer.
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“Look at how much African-American communities are suffering from democratic control”. You know, it’s sad.
