Black lawmakers: Trump is a racist courting white supremacists

Missed this earlier. I have not seen many Dem. lawmakers speak out lately (very likely could have them if they did). Good to see this.


August 23, 2016, 03:01 pm


Black lawmakers: Trump is a racist courting white supremacists

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/292369-black-lawmakers-trump-is-a-racist-courting-white

By Jonathan Easley

Black Democratic lawmakers are denouncing Donald Trump as a racist, accusing his campaign of courting white supremacists.

The GOP nominee’s efforts at minority outreach have infuriated Democratic members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), who on Tuesday convened a conference call to accuse Trump of perpetuating stereotypes and using coded language meant to get white racists to the polls.

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) called Trump “one of the most racist, sexist and bigoted candidates” to run for president in modern history, and accused him of holding a “kinship with white supremacists.”

“He knows the audience he’s trying to reach out to and it’s not African-Americans,” Meeks said. “He’s trying to appeal to David Duke and the racists of the world with what they think are stereotypes. … He’s trying to appeal to the worst of the white supremacists and others he’s been catering to in the campaign to try and help them with turnout.”................................