Two of Donald Trump’s few favourite Black individuals, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and his former HUD secretary, the sleepwalking mind surgeon Ben Carson, headlined a “Black People for Trump” occasion in Atlanta, and no shock, it was filled with white individuals.
Per Uncooked Story, by way of The New Republic’s Talia Janes reporting, the newest jig, aka a Blacks for Trump occasion, was a large bust in getting Black individuals 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 indicate 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 telephone and boasted about tax cuts for companies, one thing Black individuals and a majority of his white supporters wouldn’t even profit from as a result of they aren’t within the 1%.
The orange menace additionally bragged about his battle mugshot throughout his telephone name. However what took the cake was the actual fact there weren’t that many Black individuals in attendance, however a “sea of white individuals.”
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 had been positioned in a semi-arc dealing with a gaggle of cameras and sea of white individuals, and everybody seems abundantly unenthused to be there.”
Jane goes on to elucidate 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 ways. 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 had been his method of connecting with the Black neighborhood.
The person is rarely beating the racist allegations.
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