Trump says his criminal indictments boosted his appeal to Black voters
Source: AP
Updated 12:13 AM EST, February 24, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system.
Trump argues he is the victim of political persecution, even though there is no evidence President Joe Biden or White House officials influenced the filing of 91 felony charges against him. Earlier in the week, Trump compared himself to Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top domestic rival, who died in a remote Arctic prison after being jailed by the Kremlin leader.
“I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing,” Trump told a black-tie event for Black conservatives in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s Republican primary. “And a lot of people said that’s why the Black people like me, because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against. It’s been pretty amazing but possibly, maybe, there’s something there.”
Trump has centered his third campaign for the White House on his grievances against Biden and what he alleges is a “deep state” targeting him, even as he faces charges from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, keeping classified documents at his Florida estate, and allegedly arranging payments to a porn actress. He is the dominant Republican front-runner, as many GOP voters echo his beliefs, and is favored to soundly beat former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state.
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His real appeal is claiming America's first black president was born in Kenya and using violence to crack down on BLM protests against police killings. We could have unidentified officers grab him off the street and toss him in an unmarked van. That'll protect him from discrimination. While in prison he can write a book about how everyone is so mean to him. He can call it "My Struggle", translated into German as "Mein Kampf". Minorities love this kind of stuff.
well except for the 2 on the stage (I think Ben Carson and the dumbass from the FL Congressional-District-still-destroyed-by-Hurricane-Ian-from-2022, Byron Daniels). 
Trump: These lights are so bright in my eyes I can't see people... I can only see the Black ones. I can't see any white ones. That's how far I've come. That's a long way isn't it?
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👉 Black Conservative Federation crowd is almost ALL WHITE!
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Trump speaking at the “Black Conservative Federation”. Camera cuts off after panning to 90% white crowd. No wonder they cheered when he said they’d rather have a white president than a black one.
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Every time he appears in public, he's in brown face, but he's anything but racist!
