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Two of Donald Trump’s few favourite Black folks, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and his former HUD secretary, the sleepwalking mind surgeon Ben Carson, headlined a “Black Individuals for Trump” occasion in Atlanta, and no shock, it was filled with white folks.
Per Uncooked Story, through The New Republic’s Talia Janes reporting, the newest jig, aka a Blacks for Trump occasion, was an enormous bust in getting Black folks to attend.
The occasion went down at Rocky’s, a Black-owned barbershop in Atlanta, Georgia. Jane’s report mentions that Trump didn’t even hassle to point out up in all of his felonious glory, as an alternative opting to name into the occasion, so that ought to inform you how unserious he’s about reaching out to Black voters.
Trump received on the cellphone and boasted about tax cuts for companies, one thing Black folks and a majority of his white supporters wouldn’t even profit from as a result of they don’t seem to be within the 1%.
The orange menace additionally bragged about his battle mugshot throughout his cellphone name. However what took the cake was the very fact there weren’t that many Black folks in attendance, however a “sea of white folks.”
Per Uncooked Story:
“The roundtable setup featured Consultant (and Trump V.P. wannabe) Byron Donalds, former Trump Housing and City Improvement Secretary Ben Carson, and Consultant Wesley Hunt in attendance,” she writes. “The seats have been positioned in a semi-arc going through a gaggle of cameras and sea of white folks, and everybody seems abundantly unenthused to be there.”
Jane goes on to clarify how the Atlanta occasion was simply certainly one of a string of failed Black voter outreach efforts.
What was much more hilarious was author/journalist Michael Harriot mentioning there may be nonetheless a photograph of former President Barack Obama hanging within the store.
This occasion is simply the newest lame try and pilfer the Black vote with lazy techniques. With the assist of a Black conservative activist, Trump staged a cease at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A restaurant.
He additionally staged an look at a Harlem bodega the place he was greeted by extra whites than Blacks, gasp.
After all, there have been these trash Trump sneakers that he additionally claimed have been his means of connecting with the Black group.
The person isn’t beating the racist allegations.
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