RAMROD 117,328 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 The meeting between Trump and the activists, including Martin Luther King III, William Wachtel, and Riverside Church pastor Dr Rev James Forbes, was arranged by Presidential Transition Team aides as a way to settle tensions between the incoming president and the African-American community. But the event quickly became, in the words of one Trump aide, “the most disastrous outreach meeting in the history of presidential transition”. According to a recording and transcript of the meeting — both of which have now been passed to The Independent — Trump spent far more time airing his own grievances and making outrageous claims than listening to the activists’ concerns. After boasting of having been recognised by Time as the magazine’s “Person of the Year”, Trump told the group of civil rights activists: “I listen better to the African-American people than anybody else. Anybody else in this room.” Trump’s declaration that he was better at listening to African-Americans than the son of Martin Luther King Jr stunned both the transition officials and the invited guests who’d come with King. A short time later, Trump boasted of how he had received a larger share of the African-American vote than the two previous GOP presidential candidates while also benefiting from fewer black people turning up to vote at all. “I got many more votes than Romney, many more votes than McCain… we ended up with 11 per cent… and I’ll tell you, it’s much more if you add — many blacks didn’t go out to vote for Hillary [because] they liked me — that was almost as good as getting the vote,” he said. Full article at Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-martin-luther-king-iii-recording-mlk-audio-civil-rights-a9681201.html Let's help Trump for not getting the wrong idea again by voting his opponent, Joe Biden, this coming November 2020. Your vote matters. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanC 938 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Register your friends and family too. This man needs to go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,616 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Why are there two love reacts chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG 7 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 minute ago, littlepotter said: Why are there two love reacts Might be because of the last bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG 7 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Imagine sitting in a room with Martin Luther King Jr’s son and saying “I listen better to African-American people better than anyone in this room.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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