Democratic group highlights Trump’s past comments in Black History Month campaign

A prominent Democratic super PAC on Friday launched a Black History Month initiative aimed at reminding voters of former President Trump’s history of inflammatory statements on racial issues.

American Bridge 21st Century will highlight examples of President Trump’s “blatant racism” as part of its “This F-ing Guy” campaign, a broader effort to highlight controversial moments from the former president’s time in office. He said he would take up the matter.

The Black History Month effort, first shared with The Hill, cited Trump’s role as a leading proponent of the racist “birther” theory that then-President Obama was not born in the United States. Ta.

The group also noted a 1975 settlement between President Trump and the Justice Department after the government accused Trump and his father of refusing to rent to prospective black tenants. did.

American Bridge highlighted President Trump’s targeting of the Central Park Five, a group of teenagers whose rape convictions were later overturned. In 1989, President Trump placed a full-page ad in a New York newspaper calling for the death penalty for the group. In 2019, he refused to apologize for the incident.

Trump also faced backlash for his response to protests after the 2020 killing of George Floyd.

“There are many examples in Mr. Trump’s 40 years of public life that highlight his blatant racism,” Brandon Weathersbee, the group’s presidential campaign communications director, said in a statement. Ta. “He doesn’t care who is hurt by his actions or words and wields racism as a tool to divide Americans and serve himself. This damn man is a racist and will never do it again.” He can’t be president.”

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American Bridge is leading efforts to highlight Trump’s controversial actions and comments as he seeks another term in the White House. The former president is on track to become the Republican presidential nominee and is scheduled to face President Biden in a rematch in November.

Opinion polls show the two candidates in a close race, with recent polls in battleground states showing Biden leading in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, but Trump leading in states such as Michigan and Georgia.

Mr. Trump sought to make Mr. Biden’s leadership role in the 1994 crime bill, which led to higher incarceration rates for Black people, a key issue in his 2020 campaign.