Trump urges black voters: "what the hell do you have to lose?"
- 8 years ago
Donald Trump urged the African-American community to vote for him during a campaign rally in Dimondale, Michigan.
The Republican nomineeis now facing a backlash after making a direct appeal to black voters in front of a nearly all-white audience, arguing that Democrats have taken their votes for granted Trump attacked his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, claiming she sees African-Americans “only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future” “What do you have to lose by trying something new, like Trump?”
theGOP nominee asked the crowd.
“You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58% of your youth is unemployed, what the hell do you have to lose?”Clinton campaign's Marlon Marshall responded in a statement: "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 Republican nomineeis now facing a backlash after making a direct appeal to black voters in front of a nearly all-white audience, arguing that Democrats have taken their votes for granted Trump attacked his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, claiming she sees African-Americans “only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future” “What do you have to lose by trying something new, like Trump?”
theGOP nominee asked the crowd.
“You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58% of your youth is unemployed, what the hell do you have to lose?”Clinton campaign's Marlon Marshall responded in a statement: "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"