Trump campaign moving forward with opening centers in communities of color amid pandemic

President Trump’s re-election team is moving forward with plans to open over a dozen retail properties for voter outreach in communities of color—communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus as the pandemic surges around the country.

The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign will look to open 15 Black Voices for Trump Community Centers this Summer in cities across the country such as Philadelphia, Cleveland, Greensboro, Milwaukee, Charlotte and Jacksonville, Florida. RNC Senior Communications Advisor for Black Media Affairs Paris Dennard said that the plan for these centers is to get them open in accordance with guidance from local officials.

The Trump campaign has invested millions in efforts to reach voters of color over the last year ... launching multiple coalitions including “Black Voices for Trump” and “Latinos for Trump.” The centers are places where the Trump campaign staffers would sell merchandise like hats that have the word “woke”--appropriating a term that signals racial awareness -- on them while also working to register voters while pitching them on the president’s economic record and criminal justice reform bill.

The president’s renewed push to woo voters of color comes amid racial tensions in the county that have boiled over following the death of George Floyd, leading to nation-wide protests calling for racial justice also while being down in national polling.

A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 94% of Black registered voters support Biden.

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