Former President Donald Trump claims he can’t be racist because he has “so many black friends” in a new interview published Friday.
“I have so many black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends, they would know me better than anyone else and they would fast,” Trump said in a wide-ranging speech. iInterview with Semaphore when asked how he responded to black voters calling him a racist.
“They wouldn’t be around me for two minutes if they thought I was a racist – and I’m not!” he added.
Former president too repeated comments that some black voters relate to him because he is also “discriminated against” by the criminal justice system.
“I think by osmosis. They see what is happening. And many of them feel that similar things have happened to them,” Trump said. “I mean, they made it very clear and very clear to me. They see what is happening to them.”
The former president’s campaign has struggled to gain traction with black voters in recent months passion The key demographic for President Joe Biden is declining among people.
April NBC News poll showed Biden leads Trump among black voters 71% to 13%, but narrow 2020 exit pollit found an 87% to 12% margin for Biden.
It’s Trump this weekend He is about to visit a church in Detroit, a city with a majority black population. He is also a Rally in the Bronx Recently, a bid to win over Black and Latino voters.
Black men are also among Trump’s potential vice presidential picks, including U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Sen. Tim Scott, R-C. and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson.
Actually, a super PAC connected The GOP senator launched a campaign last week to attract voters of color to the Republican Party.
Trump often emphasizes how popular he believes he is with black voters.
While in the White House during the 2020 presidential race, Trump said he had done more for black people than perhaps anyone other than President Abraham Lincoln.
“I’ve said it, and I say it plainly, and many people don’t dispute it: I’ve done more for black Americans than anyone except Abraham Lincoln. Nobody’s even come close.” he said on time.
Trump’s past actions have long been criticized by some black voters, including himself calls for the death penalty For the five Black and Latino teenagers in the 1989 Central Park Five case.
He was also the main leader of the “birther” conspiracies, the former president, the first black president, Barack Obama. Not born in the US; In 2020, he outside attacks echoed Vice President Kamala Harris was unable to run because her parents immigrated to the United States.