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The NABJ welcomed Trump to insult them and spread lies about Kamala Harris

The organization has hosted controversial speakers before, including one whose long ago speech was a warning

Published August 1, 2024 5:45AM (EDT)

The National Association of Black Journalists has a long history of inviting presidential candidates to speak, ABC News’ Rachel Scott reminded those present on Wednesday to witness Donald Trump wreak havoc at its annual conference in Chicago. Former Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have attended past conventions, she said, and the organization is also in talks to host an event with Trump’s opponent Vice President Kamala Harris in September.

“As journalists, we use opportunities like these both to inform our reporting, but also to help voters understand the choices that they face in a consequential and historic election year,” Scott explained. All that sounds reasonable, if this were a normal election and Trump was a normal candidate.

But once Trump joined Scott and her fellow moderators Harris Faulkner of Fox News and Semafor’s Kadia Goba onstage he proved yet again, as if we needed reminding, that he is not.

“I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir,” Scott began after thanking Trump for being there and giving what was supposed to be an hour of his time, but turned out to be around 37 minutes, after starting more than an hour late.

“A lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today,” she continued, citing Trump’s birther smears against Nikki Haley and former President Barack Obama; his telling four American Democratic Congresswomen of color “to go back to where they came from,” and his describing Black district attorneys as animals and calling them rabid. She brought up his dinner with Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist, at Mar-a-Lago.

“So my question, sir, now that you are asking Black supporters to vote for you, is why should Black voters trust you after you have used language like that?” Scott asked.

Predictably, Trump........

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