The Latest: Trump blames urban crime on Democratic mayors
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's outreach to black voters (all times local):
3:50 p.m.
President Donald Trump is trying to appeal to African American voters by citing crime problems in the nation's major cities, saying the vast majority of the nation's most dangerous cities are run by Democrats.
Trump is speaking to black voters in Atlanta as his campaign begins a "Black Voices for Trump" coalition.
Trump says that for decades, "Democrats have taken African American voters totally for granted."
He says of the support blacks have traditionally given the Democratic Party, "it's amazing that you've stayed so long, to be honest."
Trump says that under his presidency, wages are rising for blacks and that they're rising the fastest for the lowest-income workers.
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3:40 p.m.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is encouraging black voters in Georgia to get out and talk to their family and friends in support of President Donald Trump, saying he helped get criminal justice reform passed.
Carson is speaking at a "Black Voices for Trump" rally in Atlanta as the Trump campaign tries to ramp up support from a traditionally skeptical audience when it comes to the Republican Party.
Carson says Trump doesn't believe in identify politics and that if he's a racist, "he's an awfully bad one."
A few hundred black supporters are attending the event. Vice President Mike Pence is telling the crowd that Republicans, from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower, have a history of looking out for African Americans.
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1:45 p.m.
During the 2016 campaign, candidate Donald Trump stood in front of largely white crowds and asked black voters to consider, "What the hell do you have to lose?"
Four years later, the...