Donald Trump came under fire on Saturday, February 24, 2024, after comments he made toward black voters suggesting that his accusations made him a sympathetic candidate in the eyes of African Americans.
The former president of the United States, a candidate in the November election, met with a group of conservative African Americans in South Carolina on Friday evening when he stated: “A lot of people say that black people like me because they have suffered so much and been discriminated against, and they see me as someone who has been discriminated against.”.
Donald Trump was in legal trouble and said about his now famous mugshot: “You know who embraced it more than anyone else? The black population is incredible.”.
“Chaos” and “Racism”
These comments were criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike as they saw very undesirable links between African Americans and crime.
“It's disgusting”said Nikki Haley on Saturday, the only notable candidate still in the Republican primary race against Donald Trump. The two candidates will face off in a South Carolina primary on Saturday.
“This is the chaos that accompanies Donald Trump, and this type of offensive language will continue every day until the election.”she warned.
A Joe Biden campaign official called the comments “Racist”. “For Donald Trump to claim that African Americans support him because of his criminal charges is an insult. It's stupid”Cedric Richmond castigated in a press release.
“Believe me when I tell you that the voters he continues to disrespect will make him eat his words come November.”he said.
“Nightmare” America according to Trump
This controversy did not stop Donald Trump from continuing his campaign aggressively and attacking his Republican opponent Nikki Haley, Joe Biden or the American justice system.
According to him, the United States is now a governed country “tyrants”, “damaged” And “Fascists” : Donald Trump, greeted as a superstar at conservatives' annual high mass, painted a picture of an American democracy on the brink of collapse on Saturday and attributed the ills to Joe Biden.
Hundreds of his supporters, wearing red caps emblazoned with “Trump” in gold letters, cheer as the former president says: “A vote for Trump is your ticket back to freedom and your passport out of tyranny.”.
For an hour and a half, Donald Trump made inflammatory comments about migrants “Kill our citizens, kill our country”.
“No country could endure what was happening” In the United States, the Republican tribune launched and castigated Joe Biden's migration policy.
Under the Democrat “America is a nightmare”he said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), held in suburban Washington.
The 77-year-old former business mogul vowed to resolve the issue and take action upon his return to the White House “As draconian as necessary”as record numbers of migrants crossed the border between Mexico and the United States in 2023.
His impersonations of the current president, whom he refers to as “A threat to democracy” And “Surrounded by fascists”made the public laugh when Donald Trump promised them that November 5th would be Election Day “Liberation Day”.
Joe Biden is the favorite target of the Republican tribune, who does not shy away from mocking the Democrat and portraying him as a crazy old man to ensure that he himself did not do it “no cognitive problems”.
His speech was as acerbic as ever, with numerous references to an American democracy on the brink of collapse.
“Everything in our country will work again and we will be respected all over the world”Donald Trump assured him he was confident of his re-election before traveling later in the day to South Carolina, where a new phase of his party's primaries is taking place.