Trump Boasts About Support From Black, Hispanic Community Having 'Skyrocketed' After Mugshot

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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump answered questions about support from the Black community during a roundtable with Black business leaders in Atlanta, Georgia.

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00:00Last question, Mr. President, Coach.

00:02Yes, Mr. President, how are we doing today, sir?

00:05Hi, Coach.

00:06All right.

00:07My question is, in the black community,

00:10it's been made a big deal about how you have been kind of railroaded here

00:16as far as your court cases go and everything.

00:18Yeah.

00:19And the support that you receive from the black community

00:22is kind of like a sympathetic kind of support

00:25because it's understood that we've received similar,

00:30not even similar, but basically we've been railroaded since the day we came here.

00:35We felt that way, right?

00:37So if you can acknowledge that you are getting support from black people because of this,

00:42then we can kind of acknowledge that we have been getting railroaded.

00:45So my question is, what can you do about those Alvin Braggs on your side

00:50that have been doing such railroading from the time?

00:54What can we do about those Fonny Willis's and Alvin Braggs

00:57that are right now sending some poor black person to jail for some crime?

01:03Well, you know, it's an amazing thing when this happened.

01:09And as you saw, all the legal scholars say these are not cases.

01:13These are not cases that should be brought.

01:15It's just a terrible thing.

01:18It's weaponization.

01:19And it comes out of the White House.

01:21Even when it's city and state, it comes out of the White House

01:24in order to attack a political opponent.

01:26But since that happened, the black support, I think my representatives will tell you this,

01:32the black support has gone through the roof.

01:35And I guess they equate it to problems that they've had.

01:39But since this has happened, like the mug shot, the mug shot is the best set.

01:45It just beat Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra by a lot, by the way.

01:49Beat them by a lot.

01:50But the number one mug shot of all time.

01:53It's really an amazing thing.

01:56Since it happened, the support among the black community

02:00and the Hispanic community has skyrocketed.

02:04It's been amazing.

02:05Really been amazing.

02:06It's been actually very nice to see.

02:09Mr. President.

02:11In one way, you said, gee, isn't that too bad?

02:14But the truth is, it's really a lovely thing when I see that.

02:18We have great support now in the black community and in the Hispanic community.

02:23Great support.

Trump Boasts About Support From Black, Hispanic Community Having 'Skyrocketed' After Mugshot

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