Donald Trump says Black people love him. At an event in South Carolina last week he even pulled out a poll from his pocket showing “huge” support among Blacks, yet at that very event, co-sponsored by the state’s African-American Chamber of Commerce, there were very few African-Americans in attendance.
Most of the people in attendance, which totaled about 500, according to ThinkProgress, were white, Southern, loyal Trump supporters a key part of his base. Yet that did not stop Trump from highlighting his appeal among African-Americans and citing polls showing he is winning the Black vote.
It is unclear whether Trump noticed the crowd was predominantly white or whether his remarks were prepared anticipating a predominantly Black audience being that he was speaking to business leaders at a meeting of the Greater Charleston Business Alliance, which supports minority businesses and is affiliated with the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce.
