Let’s cut straight to the chase. If America held superlatives like high school, this time last year, Donald Trump would have rightfully earned “least likely to become a presidential candidate”. Because life is such a funny thing, he has somehow beat all the odds and climbed the political ladder in becoming the presumptive GOP nominee. He’s known for making unfounded statements and repeatedly bashing minorities. So, there is really no surprise by now that Trump has a high unfavorable rating with blacks.
In a poll released earlier this week, 94% of black adults surveyed have negative views on Trump. This percentage is up six percent since a May survey. As for his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, she earned 79 percent of favorability with blacks.
Why is there such a large number of black disapproving of Trump? Oh, just this little thing called racism. Trump denies any claims of being racist because you know, he says he’s not racist and actually has a favorite African American.
“I am not a racist, in fact, I am the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered,” Trump said in an interview with The Washington Post.
Trump says he’s confident, he’ll gain minority support by November.
“I’m going to do great with the African-Americans. African-American youth is 58 percent unemployed. African-Americans in their prime are substantially worse off, you know, economically than a — than the whites in their prime. And it’s very — it’s a very sad situation,” Trump said on CNN’s “State of the Union” back in February.
FYI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed the unemployment rate as 25.2 percent for blacks ages 16 to 19 in January.
A new video from Hillary Clinton’s camp even captured Trump’s year long tirade of offensive remarks.
Hard to believe it’s only been a year since Trump announced his candidacy for president. https://t.co/fYf3Kep3Qe
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 17, 2016
There’s five months left before election day and no telling what he will say or do next.
