• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Anti-Trump protests underway outside Detroit church

Status
Not open for further replies.
M

MIMIC

Banned
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s visit to Detroit has become a roller-coaster ride of changing details and controversy as the campaign and a pastor challenged parts of a New York Times story about a heavily scripted interview the candidate plans to give.

By earlier Saturday, a crowd had lined up outside the church waiting to enter. A group of community and religious leaders began a silent five block march to the church to protest Trump's visit and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence held a press conference a block from the church touting the successes of the city.

The Saturday visit, which is open to the public, was scheduled as part of Trump’s continued outreach to African-American voters. Native Detroiter Dr. Ben Carson, who is advising Trump after pushing for an end to welfare dependency during his own failed presidential bid, plans to tour a neighborhood with the New York businessman in the city where he grew up after a church service and interview with the Impact Network.

Carson will accompany Trump to Great Faith Ministries International Church on Grand River, where they will attend a morning worship service at 11 a.m. Saturday. The church’s pastor, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, said he plans to interview Trump privately for a television program on his African-American Christian cable channel, the Impact Network, before the service.

After initially saying the Trump interview would air live, the network said the interview will air Thursday on its cable channel and online at watchimpact.com.

The network also said in a statement Friday that Trump would greet the audience at the church on Saturday but not address “political matters.”
Click to expand...
Detroit News

CNN has been broadcasting a lot of it.

EDIT: The link I posted is streaming the protest.
 
M

MIMIC

Banned
Trump suddenly taking interest in African-American issues is so hilarious. I mean, it's how many days to the election and he's just now reaching out to a particular demographic?

Try as he might, it really is too little, too late (not to mention that he is already plagued with ties -- or whatever you wanna call it -- to KKK leaders)
 
D

DontBeThatGuy

Member
MIMIC said:
Trump suddenly taking interest in African-American issues is so hilarious. I mean, it's how many days to the election and he's just now reaching out to a particular demographic?

Try as he might, it really is too little, too late (not to mention that he is already plagued with ties to KKK leaders)
Click to expand...

He's interested as long as he can speak down to them in a predominately white area or the safe space of the private meeting in a church.
 
T

thuway

Member
MIMIC said:
Trump suddenly taking interest in African-American issues is so hilarious. I mean, it's how many days to the election and he's just now reaching out to a particular demographic?

Try as he might, it really is too little, too late (not to mention that he is already plagued with ties -- or whatever you wanna call it -- to KKK leaders)
Click to expand...

His entire campaign will make an incredible NetFlix Comedy Special.
 
Wag

Wag

Member
rjinaz said:
of course he brings Carson.
Click to expand...

maxresdefault.jpg
 
L

Lord Frieza

Member
MIMIC said:
Trump suddenly taking interest in African-American issues is so hilarious. I mean, it's how many days to the election and he's just now reaching out to a particular demographic?

Try as he might, it really is too little, too late (not to mention that he is already plagued with ties -- or whatever you wanna call it -- to KKK leaders)
Click to expand...

His minority outreach isn't really a minority outreach. It's an outreach to moderate whites, particularly women, who are uncomfortable with his unapologetic racism up to this point. He, and everyone else knows, he's lost any real minority voting. This is just a sham to try and get as many white voters as possible.

bangbang i'm a timpani said:
i would love him to say "we're gonna build the wall" in that church
Click to expand...

Apparently, he won't be discussing political issues. So, yeah, no one seems completely sure what this is even going to be about.
 
A

Arkeband

Banned
MIMIC said:
Trump suddenly taking interest in African-American issues is so hilarious. I mean, it's how many days to the election and he's just now reaching out to a particular demographic?

Try as he might, it really is too little, too late (not to mention that he is already plagued with ties -- or whatever you wanna call it -- to KKK leaders)
Click to expand...

He's pretty up front with why he's doing it, when he first realized he had abysmal support from women, he was like "CMON LADIES WHERE'S MY LADIES AT" at his rallies and now he's doing the same thing for the black vote.
 
S

sturgboski

Member
Lord Frieza said:
His minority outreach isn't really a minority outreach. It's an outreach to moderate whites, particularly women, who are uncomfortable with his unapologetic racism up to this point. He, and everyone else knows, he's lost any real minority voting. This is just a sham to try and get as many white voters as possible.
Click to expand...

But thats not what his attractive blonde supporter on CNN says. She says Donald has always been there for African Americans and the media is using double standards.
 
M

MIMIC

Banned
Trump's campaign is like cramming for an exam. He's pulling an all-nighter and just got to the "black people" chapter.
 
S

Shadybiz

Member
The scripted interview is a joke.

I would love to see the audience boo him out of the church. Probably won't happen...but I'd love to see it. Hilarious!
 
J

JHoNNy1OoO

Member
Trump's speaking like he's never seen these words before. Even using his finger so he doesn't lose his spot on the page.
 
M

MIMIC

Banned
These prepared remarks. My soul is cringing

"The African-American community is one of God's greatest gifts."

LMAO OK. We totally believe you on that.
 
H

HeySeuss

Member
It's funny listening to him read his speech as though it's the first time he's seeing it having no practice. He's making sure he adds his Trumpisms.
 
G

GuessMyUserName

Member
HeySeuss said:
It's funny listening to him read his speech as though it's the first time he's seeing it having no practice. He's making sure he adds his Trumpisms.
Click to expand...

I was laughing when he said some line and then he comments "this is true, this is very true"

Really just sounded like he's reading someone's speech, like "oh hey here's something I agree with!"

And a bunch of parts here and there he just powers through reading like a 6th grader with an assigned reading in class
 
B

Bronx-Man

Banned
If he gonna's pander to a group he knows he has no chance in hell to win, it should at least be hispanic voters. It'd earn him some good points with Ranch Prius.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

  • Locked
[TNYT] Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders
Social News Community 2
69
4K
ManaByte replied
  • Locked
Elon Musk vs Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court
Social Opinion News
12
3K
AJUMP23 replied
Bloomberg: Behind ‘Suicide Squad,’ the Year’s Biggest Video-Game Flop
2 3
143
10K
MALpractice311 replied
Adult Swim - The network that breaks the rules
19
4K
Werewolf Jones replied
[SF Chronicle] San Francisco declares state of emergency over monkeypox
News Event
22
3K
Drew1440 replied
Top Bottom