Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of “bigotry”, saying she sees African-Americans as no more than votes to be won.
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Trump appeared Tuesday night at what seemed to be a setting for a more typical rally in West Bend, Wisc., but he mostly stuck to the script in what the campaign billed as a speech on “law and order”, in which he talked about violence in cities, along with common themes about what the GOP nominee views as a “rigged” political system.
Clinton and Democrats have spent millions of dollars in swing states on advertising that showcases what they’ve called divisive and hateful rhetoric.
Trump only 10 days ago had said it was a “little early” to spend money, though his campaign has defied convention for months by not competing on television.
“The Democratic Party has taken the votes of African American community for granted”.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump discussed events in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood, which was the scene of two nights of unrest following Saturday afternoon’s shooting of an armed 23-year-old suspect by a Milwaukee police officer. Police body camera footage showed Smith holding a handgun during the encounter, police said.
Trump encountered only a handful of peaceful protesters while he was in the city, including at a closed fundraiser.
He held a brief meeting with veterans and law enforcement, including Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and Inspector Edward Bailey.
A Fox News representative would not elaborate on security for the event.
Her remarks came shortly after Trump, struggling to steady his troubled campaign, announced a new chief executive officer and campaign manager.
Democrats have expressed concerns about Trump receiving sensitive information, but Trump says Hillary Clinton is the one who “can’t keep anything private”.
Trump spoke in West Bend, in heavily Republican Washington County, but much of his focus was on Milwaukee. He spoke before an nearly entirely white audience.
“Those peddling the narrative of cops as a racist force in our society, a narrative supported with a nod by my opponent, shared directly in the responsibility for the unrest in Milwaukee and the many other places within our country”, Trump said.
Trump said that if elected he will ban members of his administration from accepting speaking fees from corporations with registered lobbyists for five years.
If Trump actually made an appearance in a black community-say, the northwest side of Milwaukee, Taylor-Williams said-some African-Americans might be receptive to his message.
And an even larger majority of GOP voters in the Lone Star State – 71 percent – believe that if Trump loses, it will be because the election was “rigged”.
At a rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden urged supporters to not be complacent. “The world is watching, not only here in Milwaukee but across the country”.
Trump, in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday morning, argued the shooting of Smith was likely justified.
“But the gun was pointed at his (a police officer’s) head supposedly ready to be fired”. Trump told his supporters. ‘Maybe it’s not true.
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Giuliani adds that “A lot of people think he has no organization – good, I like them to think that”.
