The president will deliver remarks in downtown Atlanta in an effort to broaden support among a group with whom he's proven to be deeply unpopular.
Trump, Pence, trying to win over African-American voters, to launch 'Black Voices for Trump' coalition in AtlantaWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is pitching his record to African-American voters on Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, where he will kick off the launch of the"Black Voices for Trump" coalition one year out from the 2020 election.
Trump boasted that he had"the best unemployment numbers in the history of our country for African Americans."He also touted his administration's efforts on criminal justice. "Black Voices for Trump" will be a"national effort to mobilize and empower black Americans" to help spread the president's message of"Promises Made, Promises Kept," according to a statement by Katrina Pierson, a senior campaign adviser who is helping organize the coalition.
Trump also hosted the Young Black Leadership Summit, an event organized by the conservative group Turning Point USA, at the White House Oct. 4 In September, he spoke to a group of leaders from historically black colleges and universities at an annual conference in Washington, where he announced faith-based HBCUs would no longer be restricted from federal funding for capital projects.Trump has often touted the record-low unemployment rate among African Americans.
George W. Bush received the highest number of African American voters with 11% in 2004, a jump from 8% in 2000.
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