Area clergy and several hundred city residents have denounced a visit by Donald Trump to a Detroit church as the Republican presidential candidate hopes to convince black voters to cast their ballots for him.
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“I fully understand that the African American community is suffering from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right”, Trump said at the church, which was only half-full, reports Reuters.
“Our nation is too divided”. And those who seek office do not do enough to step into the community and learn what’s going on. “I saw Donald Trump the human being, instead of Donald Trump the guy that just, you know, ‘We’re going to build a wall, we’re going to keep them out, ‘” she said.
Trump in Detroit continually hit on the message that black churches have been the “conscience of our country” during trying times, and that they should be looked at as the moral character that can inspire the nation.
The UAW and other unions that endorsed Clinton say they are telling their members that Trump is a “fraud” on trade because while he talks about the loss of jobs and companies moving to Mexico or overseas, he has clothing and other products made outside the U.S.
The former businessman and reality TV star will be accompanied by Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential hopeful who grew up there, and will give an interview for a Christian television program.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan also issued a statement saying that, “Mr. Trump ran a campaign through the nomination process of bigotry”.
Trump later toured neighborhoods in the majority black city of Detroit, which has historically struggled with high unemployment and poverty.
“I’m here today to learn”, said Trump.
Both Trump and Clinton have always been well-known to New Yorkers, with Clinton representing the state for eight years in the U.S. Senate and Trump’s real-estate holdings prevalent in New York City and the Hudson Valley.
Brief heated remarks flared between a small group of black Trump supporters who mingled with protesters. “I will do something about it”, Trump said.
While Trump was making his case to be President of the United States at Great Faith, to a cordial congregation of worshippers, outside the church walls the atmosphere and feelings for Trump were much different. “And anointing is the power of God”, Jackson said.
Outside the church, Trump’s visit was marked with a protest from those who’ve heard his past rhetoric and have already made up their minds about him. According to Bishop Jackson, who heads the predominantly African-American church, the prayer shawl or the “tallit” was brought straight from the Holy Land of Israel. Writers John Wisely, Elisha Anderson, and Kathleen Gray stated that Trump did pay a visit to Dr. Carson’s childhood home in southwest Detroit. Polls show Clinton with overwhelmingly more support from blacks and Hispanics.
Trump has argued that his emphasis on job creation would help minority communities in a way that Democrats have failed to.
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“Becoming the nominee of the party of Abraham Lincoln – a lot of people don’t realize Abraham Lincoln, the great Abraham Lincoln, was a Republican – has been the greatest honor of my life”, Trump said. “I want to make this city the economic envy of the world, and we can do that”. But Clinton has accused Trump of aligning himself with racists.
