- Title: Trump visits Detroit church in bid to court Black voters
- Date: 15th June 2024
- Summary: DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES (JUNE 15, 2024) (REUTERS) FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING INTRODUCED/ TRUMP WALKING TOWARDS HIS SEAT AS AUDIENCE (OFF-CAMERA) CHANTS HIS NAME WIDE OF TRUMP ADDRESSING FORUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING: "Millions of illegal aliens are pouring in and they're taking your jobs. The Black community is being hurt
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- Keywords: African-American voters Black voters Detroit Trump
- Location: DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
- City: DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001111115062024RP1
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- Story Text: Former president Donald Trump ventured on Saturday (June 15) where few Republican presidential candidates tread – the city of Detroit, attending a community forum as part of a push to peel Black voters from President Joe Biden ahead of November’s election.
At the 180 Church on the west side of the city, Trump sat on stage at a table flanked by a panel of members of the local community, including small-business owners and activists. The event was moderated by U.S. Representative Byron Donalds of Florida, a contender to be Trump’s vice-presidential pick.
Trump focused on his core messages, blasting the Biden administration over high inflation, crime and illegal migration, which he said has harmed Black Americans in particular.
“They’re coming into your community, and they’re taking your jobs,” Trump said, without presenting evidence.
Trump said crime was “most rampant here, in African-American communities,” adding that the “Black population wants law enforcement more than any other."
He also vowed to revitalize the local auto industry in Detroit by slapping tariffs on vehicles built in Mexico and elsewhere.
The church’s senior pastor, Lorenzo Sewell, credited Trump for showing up by comparing him to Barack Obama, America’s first Black president.
“President Obama never came to the ‘hood,” Sewell said. “So, thank you.”
Both Trump and Biden, a Democrat, have targeted Michigan as a must-win state where every vote may make a difference, and the Trump campaign argues an opportunity exists to win over Black voters, particularly men, who may be attracted to the former president’s economic and border-security policies.
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