Trump comments on Black voters draws rebuke from Haley, Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump's comments asserting that Black voters were more drawn to him after his multiple indictments on criminal charges drew sharp rebukes over the weekend from his Republican challenger for the presidential nomination, civil rights activists and others.
Trump on Friday likened his 91 criminal charges in four separate criminal cases to discrimination faced by Black Americans and said that they had come to «embrace» his mug shots. He was speaking to a Black conservative group in South Carolina before the state's primary election, which he went on to win.
«And then I got indicted a second time and a third time and a fourth time. And a lot of people said that that's why the Black people like me because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against,» Trump said. «They actually viewed me as I'm being discriminated against.»
Trump’s legal challenges, including federal charges over his alleged efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and his handling of classified documents, among other state charges and civil lawsuits, differ greatly from the historic inequities Black Americans have experienced in the criminal justice system.
«It's disgusting,» former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who has been the target of racist comments from Trump and vowed to keep challenging him for the Republican nomination, told reporters on Saturday.
She reiterated her argument that Trump will again lose the 2024 general election against U.S. President Joe Biden if he secures the party's nomination. «This is a huge warning sign,» she said.
Biden earlier won the Democratic primary contest in the southern state, where Black voters are a critically important constituency and more reflective of the more
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