Trump's move after winning a criminal justice award? Trashing cities and a black senator
Trumps move after winning a criminal justice award? Trashing cities and a black senator
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-10-26/trumps-move-after-winning-a-criminal-justice-award-renewed-attacks-on-cities-and-a-black-lawmaker
WASHINGTON President Trump attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and sparred with Sen. Kamala Harris, engaging in a feisty online back-and-forth Saturday over their separate efforts to connect with African American voters.
Trump went after Harris, the California Democrat who is seeking a lift for her presidential campaign, in a tweet responding to her announcement that she would skip her appearance at a criminal justice reform convention in Columbia, S.C., because Trump had been honored by the group Friday at historically black Benedict College.
Badly failing presidential candidate @KamalaHarris will not go to a very wonderful largely African American event today because yesterday I received a major award, at the same event, for being able to produce & sign into law major Criminal Justice Reform legislation, which will.. he wrote, linking to a second tweet.
....greatly help the African American community (and all other communities), and which was unable to get done in past administrations despite a tremendous desire for it, he continued. This and best unemployment numbers EVER is more than Kamala will EVER be able to do for African Americans!
Randomly, a third tweet in the thread about Harris included only an ellipsis of four periods.
Trump, who is spending the weekend at Camp David, made the First Step Act that he signed into a law in December 2018 a focus of his remarks Friday, looking to increase his support with black voters, most of whom tend to favor Democrats, at an event organized to draw a number of Democratic presidential hopefuls.
Harris on Friday night had announced her decision to forgo her scheduled appearance and instead hold a roundtable with local students and the broader Columbia community. She is the only presidential candidate to have graduated from a historically black college or university (HBCU).