Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:04 pm
Donald Trump couldn’t help himself. He boasted that he could win 95% of the African-American vote, and promptly fell into a Hillary Clinton trap.
While in Michigan, Trump boasted that he would win 95% of the African-American vote in 2020. He also made his pitch to African-American voters, “What do you have to lose? You’re living in poverty. Your Schools are no good. You have no jobs.”
Trump was set up by his own ego, and the Hillary Clinton campaign knocked him down.
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Hillary for America Director of State Campaigns and Political Engagement Marlon Marshall said, “Donald Trump asks what the African American community has to lose by voting for him. The answer is everything from a man who questions the citizenship of the first African American President, courts white supremacists, and has been sued for housing discrimination against communities of color. Trump painting the entire community as living in poverty with no jobs continues to show he is completely out of touch with the African-American community.”
The Clinton camp then referred to the fact that Trump has been sued twice by the Department of Justice for housing discrimination against African-Americans.
If that wasn’t enough, the Clinton campaign brought up Trump’s history of birtherism against President Obama.
The biggest reason why Donald Trump is struggling in the polls is that he has no discipline. The remark about winning 95% of the African-American vote was another in a long line of delusional promises and boasts that Trump makes off the cuff on the campaign trail.
By going off script, Donald Trump fell into a perfectly placed Clinton trap. Donald Trump has a long and well-documented history of practicing discrimination. It hadn’t been injected into the general election previously because there was no need for it.
Once again, Donald Trump could stop himself. He opened his mouth and shot himself in the foot.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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