ABC News president Kimberly Godwin criticized some of former President Trump’s recent comments about African-American voters, calling them “the most racist thing ever.”
In an email to some ABC News staff obtained by Semaphore, Godwin echoed Trump’s claims that being indicted and having his mug shot made him more approachable to black voters. denounced.
“Regardless of politics, the fact that a person running for president of the United States made these statements, especially in the presence of a large number of black people, is shocking,” said an email sent Saturday by the head of ABC News. And the same was true for the general public.” — and the fact that they support him — is amazing. It’s shocking. ”
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ABC News president Kim Godwin recently claimed that former President Trump’s comments about black voters hugging his own mugshot were “as racist as they could get.” (1. Sean Rayford / Stringer 2. Dear Dipaspil / Staff)
Godwin, who has been president of the company since 2021, added: “These statements are racist in the extreme.”
President Trump made the comments last Friday at a celebration hosted by the Black Conservative Coalition in South Carolina.
“I was indicted for nothing, for no reason. They were doing it because it was election interference, and I was indicted a second time, a third time, a fourth time,” he said. But he also mentioned his signs of hope regarding his own legal issues.
“And a lot of people said that the reason black people like me is because they’ve been so hurt and discriminated against. In fact, they saw me as discriminated against.”
Additionally, President Trump said that black Americans are “embracing” his mug shot taken at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail last August.
He told the crowd, “Mugshot, we’ve all seen the mugshot, and you know who embraced the mugshot more than anyone else? The black population. Believe me. You see black people walking around with my mugshot.” They’re making shirts. ”
ABC spokesperson told semaphor Godwin’s email was “part of a larger editorial conversation” about covering Trump’s comments, he said.
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At a recent rally in South Carolina, former President Donald Trump claimed that Fulton County Jail mugshots were helping him attract black voters. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office)
The former president’s political opponents were also enthusiastic about his comments.
“Donald Trump’s claim that black Americans support Biden because of criminal charges is insulting, stupid, and just plain racial,” Cedric Richmond, co-chair of Biden’s re-election campaign, said in a recent statement. It’s discrimination.”
She added: “He thinks black voters are too ignorant to see through his shameless pandering.”
A DNC spokesperson said in a recent statement that Trump “is showing black voters exactly what he thinks about black people, and his ideas for convincing them are as banal as he is.” And it’s racist.”
MSNBC host and civil rights activist Al Sharpton slammed the former president during a press conference Saturday, saying his words were “the epitome of contempt for black people, and if black Republicans have any dignity at all… , they would denounce this characterization of black people.” by Donald Trump. ”
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ABC News president calls Trump’s mugshot comments about Black voters ‘as racist as they come’
ABC News president Kimberly Godwin criticized some of former President Trump’s recent comments about African-American voters, calling them “the most racist thing ever.”
In an email to some ABC News staff obtained by Semaphore, Godwin echoed Trump’s claims that being indicted and having his mug shot made him more approachable to black voters. denounced.
“Regardless of politics, the fact that a person running for president of the United States made these statements, especially in the presence of a large number of black people, is shocking,” said an email sent Saturday by the head of ABC News. And the same was true for the general public.” — and the fact that they support him — is amazing. It’s shocking. ”
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ABC News president Kim Godwin recently claimed that former President Trump’s comments about black voters hugging his own mugshot were “as racist as they could get.” (1. Sean Rayford / Stringer 2. Dear Dipaspil / Staff)
Godwin, who has been president of the company since 2021, added: “These statements are racist in the extreme.”
President Trump made the comments last Friday at a celebration hosted by the Black Conservative Coalition in South Carolina.
“I was indicted for nothing, for no reason. They were doing it because it was election interference, and I was indicted a second time, a third time, a fourth time,” he said. But he also mentioned his signs of hope regarding his own legal issues.
“And a lot of people said that the reason black people like me is because they’ve been so hurt and discriminated against. In fact, they saw me as discriminated against.”
Additionally, President Trump said that black Americans are “embracing” his mug shot taken at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail last August.
He told the crowd, “Mugshot, we’ve all seen the mugshot, and you know who embraced the mugshot more than anyone else? The black population. Believe me. You see black people walking around with my mugshot.” They’re making shirts. ”
ABC spokesperson told semaphor Godwin’s email was “part of a larger editorial conversation” about covering Trump’s comments, he said.
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At a recent rally in South Carolina, former President Donald Trump claimed that Fulton County Jail mugshots were helping him attract black voters. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office)
The former president’s political opponents were also enthusiastic about his comments.
“Donald Trump’s claim that black Americans support Biden because of criminal charges is insulting, stupid, and just plain racial,” Cedric Richmond, co-chair of Biden’s re-election campaign, said in a recent statement. It’s discrimination.”
She added: “He thinks black voters are too ignorant to see through his shameless pandering.”
A DNC spokesperson said in a recent statement that Trump “is showing black voters exactly what he thinks about black people, and his ideas for convincing them are as banal as he is.” And it’s racist.”
MSNBC host and civil rights activist Al Sharpton slammed the former president during a press conference Saturday, saying his words were “the epitome of contempt for black people, and if black Republicans have any dignity at all… , they would denounce this characterization of black people.” by Donald Trump. ”
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Gabriel Hayes is an associate editor at Fox News Digital.
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