In one defense of his claim, Trump said on “Meet the Press” Sunday, “I saw it. So many people saw it…”
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Donald Trump says he isn’t joking anymore.
When it didn’t turn out that way, he canceled his high-profile news conference, but he still met with the pastors, calling it an incredible meeting. “And everybody in that room likes Donald Trump”.
Trump spoke at a Georgia rally last night, where he kept up his say-anything style with his usual blasts of “dumbass politicians” and throwing shade at just about everyone under the rainbow.
Separately, more than 100 black religious leaders who were not invited published an open letter in Ebony magazine blasting Trump for his rhetoric and warning their fellow religious leaders that the meeting would give Trump the “appearance of legitimacy” among their followers.
However, the two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Trump reportedly “went so well” that that the pastors chose to agree to meet the media later.
“I’m there to hear his strategy for how we’re going to move forward”, said Trimm. Some might not endorse at all.
I don’t know who you’re speaking about, but trust me, when I tell you, I’m not an Uncle Tom, no coon, nobody’s been paid. He listed the names of pastors expected to attend the meeting, and cited Trump’s statements negatively portraying Black Lives Matter activists, Hispanics and refugees as evidence that Trump does not have minorities’ interests at heart.
In Macon, Trump was joined at the podium by Pastor Bruce LeVell, who also attended the New York City meeting. “I don’t know it it’s an endorsement, I don’t know if it’s an endorsement by some”.
Monday, after the meeting, Trump mentioned African-American unemployment as one of the issues addressed during the meeting and ended the conference emphasizing that he has made no financial commitments to any of the churches the pastors represented.
“What they really want more than anything else is results”, Trump said of their conversation about employment.
Echoing Trump’s praise for the meeting, Scott mentioned that it was a “productive” and “constructive” gathering and the group of religious leaders is a “united front”.
In any case, initial press reports that described what the event would entail, including a New York Times story posted last Wednesday, proved inaccurate because the full, 100-pastor endorsement didn’t happen.
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But plenty of attendees showed enthusiastic support for Trump, saying Trump has been villainized by his critics and some in the media.
