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‘Everything is a scam!’ Trump ridiculed after pics of Black church event show white crowd (www.rawstory.com)

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Donald Trump was ridiculed Saturday after attending what his campaign called a Black roundtable at a Detroit church — with photos showing a largely white audience.

Trump’s campaign reached out to the 180 Church to set up the event at which attendees asked a handful of questions before bursting into a rendition of Happy Birthday.

The evangelical church is in the heart of Detroit’s west side and has a mainly Black congregation.

But photos caught by the media, and shared widely online, showed a lot of white people in the audience.

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[-] Blackout@kbin.run 52 points 5 months ago

Biden and recently Harris have been to Detroit and he will probably be back before then.

Trump is endorsedby convicted felon and former mayor Kwame. A person who literally stole money from the pockets of the poor to enrich his life in one of America's poorest and wrecked city. Guess what? A Biden supporter became mayor and has helped give Detroit hope and pride they haven't had in a while.

So fuck Trump and fuck Kwame Kilpatrick.

[+] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -52 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This happens a lot unfortunately.

I'm not saying trump would be good, trump would be fucking terrible.

I'm saying he's doing a better job at voter outreach, and the quoted comments illustrate how low of a bar Biden needs to clear to get voters to vote for him.

Biden and recently Harris have been to Detroit and he will probably be back before then.

Can you link when Biden was there?

The only thing I'm getting was hubknobbing with the wealthy at an EV show where he got to drive an electric Corvette and that was like two years ago

If he has actually been doing voter outreach in Detroit this cycle, I'd love to hear about it. Would make me feel a lot better he's actually going to be at trump.

Edit:

Kwame Kilpatrick

Had to Google him, he's a disgraced former mayor of Detroit that trump let out of jail.

He still owes Detroit millions, I'm not sure why his endorsement of trump matters to (or surprises) anyone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kilpatrick

Although he is a good example of what "blue no matter who" gets us. Everyone seems to have hated him immediately, but it was him or a Republican so he could do whatever he wanted for years...

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

If you didn't have bad faith, you'd have no faith at all

[-] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago

What does any of this have to do with Biden?

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

See, both sides bad

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Can you link when Biden was there?

Biden was in Detroit on May 19.

Hello, Detroit. My name is Joe Biden, and I’m a lifetime member of the NAACP. (Applause.)

He also visited Saginaw, MI in March.

During the President's visit, Saginaw area residents Hurley Coleman III and his son 13-year-old Hurley Coleman IV got the chance to have a personal conversation with the President.

And Warren, MI in February.

President Joe Biden chatted with a friendly union crowd inside a United Auto Workers hall in Michigan on Thursday

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