Birds of a feather…. Promotions for Donald Trump’s just completed roundtable in Detroit included the announcement of a new local endorsement: former Democratic Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the Detroit News reports. Kilpatrick owes Trump: after his failed coup attempt, Trump commuted Kilpatrick’s 28-year prison sentence, imposed after Kilpatrick was convicted in 2013 on 24 federal counts including wire fraud and racketeering.
“I can never thank President Trump enough for what he’s done for me and my family by giving me freedom,” Kilpatrick said. “But I believe this election and the issues involved are personal to every family and every person in America.”
Trump’s campaign is making overt attempts to endear Trump to the Black community by touting his criminal record, claiming that it makes Black people relate to him more. There’s no evidence that is true, and it’s likely less true when the individual you’re touting as an endorser was convicted of public corruption